Chicken Little

by Sally Hobson

When an acorn hits him on the head, Chicken Little is joined by several other silly birds as he sets off to warn the king that the sky is falling.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

Reviews

[Liz Todd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic.

[Tachi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a happy ending to a children’s book

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

Summary (by me): After an acorn drops on his head a small chicken leads all the farm's poultry on a death march to the fox's lair.

Review: What?!! Is this how the story ends? I thought it was a story about being embarrased about being wrong or confused, or learnging not to exaggerate. I didn't like how to me it seemed ultimately the chickens fault. I understand animals eat other animals, but this just seems to be a more manipulative circle of life. I guess the rhyming names and repetition are good. Illustrations are adequate.

Publishers Weekly acknowledges the "dark spin" this version takes in the ending, while SLJ has nothing but good things to say, describing its "wondrous intensity" and that "this noteworthy interpretation of an oft-illustrated tale demands sharing with story-hour audiences."

[Sarina · Rating 5 out of 5]

chicken little is an amazing story that depicts the importance of not all stories having happy endings. This story picks up on the importance of being safe and not trusting too easily.I think that lower key stage one and key stage two children will relate particularly good to this story as it uses wide vocabulary aswell as holding an important message.

[Lajune Neal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book. It is a cute story and I also like it very much because it doesn't have your typical happy ending where good beats bad. It also has great illustrations and vocabulary for children.

[Cws]

JEAR2-Hob

[Arminzerella · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cute illustrations, but this is just about the most depressing version of Chicken Little I've run across.

[Tobinsfavorite · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is about as simple a version of this story as you'll find, with bold, colorful illustrations. My little kids really liked it, both hearing it and "reading" it to each other.

[Jasmine]

Children can use this book when having discussions about making good and bad decisions

[Eric Moote · Rating 1 out of 5]

Overall: I have no idea what the point of this book is, but it has a really twisted ending. I suggest you read it before you read it out loud to your children.

I would not recommend this book.

[Lila Lovebug · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The funniest part was that the fox ate everybody and Chicken Little never got to tell the king that the sky was falling." - Lila, age 5, May 1, Read this book to herself

Poor Chicken Little

[Conner Klostermann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an easy read for younger children. Chicken Little had an acorn that fell on his head and then insisted that the sky was falling. He wanted to tell the king, so hurried off. On his way, all these animals stopped him and asked why he was in such a hurry. They all followed Chicken Little to tell the king as well. This fox stopped all the animals and said come to my liar and I will bring you to the king. The fox ended up eating all the animals. The moral of this story is to not go with strangers.