The Trouble With Chickens (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Eh.Honestly? Kids are going to get confused. The vocab* is too hard for kid's who'll check it out. The book looks younger than it it. It switches narrators out of nowhere for no good reason. Classic mystery references aren't something you jam into an elementary school book. J.J. gives several of the characters nicknames and the book uses both the name and the nickname and who's keeping all that straight? *Here's some of the words in this 2nd grade book: corridor, adrenaline, debris, presume, lure, rendezvous, behoove, demise, terrain, fatigue, chronic, gingerly, suspiciously, etc.And this is a Monarch nominee? Boo to the people on the committee who put in chapter books. JJ Tully is a retired search and rescue dog that is living a nice life on a farm. One day Moosh comes to JJ along with two of her chicks to beg him to find her other chicks that are missing. JJ reluctantly agrees to help for the price of a hamburger. The trail leads to the farmhouse where Vince the funnel (another dog) lives. JJ finds the other chicks in the house but discovers too late that the chicks are involved and it is a trap. Most of the chapters are from JJ's perspective but a few switch to Vince. It can be confusingClassroom uses:- literature circle- read aloud- teach perspective DRA: 39GR: NLexile: 570LGLE: 3.3
What do You think about The Trouble With Chickens (2011)?
A delightful romp with a dog's eye view and a little vocabulary stretch for the young reader, too.
—princess
Okay: my friends told me to read this...big print, meaningless words, simple...
—mcivy
