Reviews for The Plot Chickens

The average rating for The Plot Chickens based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-08-10 00:00:00 Brad Davis This is SO punny and also wonderfully educational. I mean, just look at that cover art (the brand of the typewriter is "Hunt & Peck" -- hahahaaa! Yeah, the whole book is crammed with jokes like that. You'll either love 'em or hate 'em!) Henrietta loves reading books so she figures that writing books must be "eggshilarating" ;-) so she checks out a book from the library ("Writing Rules" by Reed Moore. Tee-hee!) Henrietta tries to write her story (with some not-so-helpful advice from the other hens) and along the way she (and we) learn some important rules for writing stories such as "you need to hatch a plot" ;-) build suspense, write what you know, make your story come alive using all five senses, and the protagonist must solve his or her own problem. Alas, Hunter Fox, Editor does not wish to publish her story. So, Henrietta publishes it herself (love the spread where they turn the cider press into a book press -- we even get to see the ink colors lay down: yellow, magenta, cyan, black). Unfortunately, Noah Lyke of the Corn Book Magazine (HAHAHAAAAA) does not give it a favorable review. Poor Henrietta! Will anyone ever like her stories? Maybe she just needs to find the right audience. This was a winner for me, but I need some humor in my life these days. I honestly wasn't a huge fan of the illustrations but they did kind of work for the zany story. Lots of fun!

Review # 2 was written on 2010-12-27 00:00:00 Matt Guisinger We really enjoyed this story! It shows a chicken going to the library for both pleasure reading as well as research; it offers tips on writing a story; and it's a funny story about a chicken. What more could you ask for?!? The humor was often subtle, but our girls got most of the jokes without me having to explain. I loved the nod to the other stories - a few (The Easter Egg Farm and I Was a Third Grade Bodyguard) were by the author, but others (Nouns And Verbs Have a Field Day, Little Grunt and the Big Egg, Ghosts in Fourth Grade, Big Jeremy, and The Hero of Third Grade) were not and if we haven't read them yet, we added them to our to-read list. Fun story!