Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken
By Kate Dicamillo; Harry Bliss (Illustrator)
(HarperCollins, Hardcover, 9780060755546, 56pp.)
Publication Date: October 2008
Other Editions of This Title: ,
Categories: Action & Adventure - General, Animals - Farm Animals, People & Places - General
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Winter 2009 Kids' ListShe longed for adventure.
So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world.
The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar.
Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . .
She was brave.
She was fearless.
She was feathered.
She was a chicken.
A not-so-chicken chicken.
Her name?
Kate DiCamillo is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, winner of the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor Book; and The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award finalist. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“DiCamillo’s brisk, comic narrative crackles with read-aloud savoriness. Bliss creates a thrilling sense of place.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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