Animal Crackers Fly the Coop
By Kevin O'Malley; Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator)
(Walker Childrens, Hardcover, 9780802798374, 40pp.)
Publication Date: April 13, 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Hardcover
Categories: Animals - Farm Animals, Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations, Humorous Stories
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Spring 2010 Kids' Next ListKevin O'Malley is going for joke with a tongue-and-chicken barn yarn that's sure to appeal to fans of his New York Times bestseller, Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. Turning the Grimm's fairy tale The Brementown Musicians on its funny bone, O'Malley has revised the classic story of four animals who part ways with their respective farmers to explore their artistic sides, this time sending them in search of belly laughs . . . and a great location for a comedy club. When they foil a band of robbers using their joke-telling talents, the animals— including one determined comedi-hen—finally prove they can kill the crowd with laughter.
KEVIN O’MALLEY is the co-author and illustrator of the popular Miss Malarkey series as well as the award-winning Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude and the national bestseller Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.www.booksbyomalley.com
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