Blue Chicken
By Deborah Freedman
(Viking Juvenile, Hardcover, 9780670012930, 40pp.)
Publication Date: September 15, 2011
Categories: Concepts - Colors, Animals - Ducks, Geese, Etc., Animals - Farm Animals
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A mind-bendingly clever farmyard romp
In this deceptively simple picture book, author-illustrator Deborah Freedman has created an irresistible character that springs to life and wreaks havoc in a farmyard with a pot of blue paint. The innocent chicken just wants to help, but things get worse and worse - and bluer and bluer - the more she tries. Playing with colors and perspective, and using minimal text, this richly layered story reveals new things to see and laugh about with each reading.
Deborah Freedman (www.deborahfreedman.net) lives in Hamden, Connecticut.
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