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mbrandmaier's review against another edition
3.0
The chickens come to story time at the library. How to control the chaos? Give everyone their own book to check out, of course.
antisocial_auntie's review against another edition
4.0
Fun art work, not many words on each page and a cute story. I wouldn't use it for library story time, but would have a young child read along with me one on one.
kelleemoye's review against another edition
3.0
Reviewed: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=12871
Even chickens love books in this story! The draw of a good story can make anyone want to spend time at the library, and in this story, those anyone are chickens. Lots of chickens. And when there are too many people (& chickens) at the story time, it is up to the librarian, who is obviously always on her toes, to change things up and make everyone happy by the end of the story.
Even chickens love books in this story! The draw of a good story can make anyone want to spend time at the library, and in this story, those anyone are chickens. Lots of chickens. And when there are too many people (& chickens) at the story time, it is up to the librarian, who is obviously always on her toes, to change things up and make everyone happy by the end of the story.
rdyourbookcase's review against another edition
5.0
Lots of repetitive words make “Chicken Story Time” a good practice book for beginning readers. It’s somewhere between Margaret Hillert and Dr. Seuss.
londysaurus's review against another edition
3.0
In some ways, I like it. The illustrations are great. The story is cute. I would've loved a more ingenious solution, but this works, too.
Quibbles: The idea of a librarian preparing a single book for storytime is pretty incredible to me. Also, I'm not with the standing on tables and bookcases. And her crowd control is pretty weak. The librarian isn't modeling very good handling of books with her feet kicked up, using them as a footstool at the end. And hot tea and a muffin? At storytime? in the library? Nah.
Last thing: the crowd scenes. With all of the children present, we could definitely have more children of color. We get a few speckles here and there, but as a librarian of color working in a diverse library, the illustrator could've given us something more to work with visually.
Overall, it's a cute book--and humorous--if you don't think about it too long.
Quibbles: The idea of a librarian preparing a single book for storytime is pretty incredible to me. Also, I'm not with the standing on tables and bookcases. And her crowd control is pretty weak. The librarian isn't modeling very good handling of books with her feet kicked up, using them as a footstool at the end. And hot tea and a muffin? At storytime? in the library? Nah.
Last thing: the crowd scenes. With all of the children present, we could definitely have more children of color. We get a few speckles here and there, but as a librarian of color working in a diverse library, the illustrator could've given us something more to work with visually.
Overall, it's a cute book--and humorous--if you don't think about it too long.
shanny1366's review against another edition
5.0
As a children's librarian, this book had me cracking up! I loved the looks of horror on the adult librarians' faces, and how the children's librarian just rolled with it. And even without chickens in my library, I could sympathize with the librarian's frenzied attempts to regain control of her story time when things got out of hand.
I think kids will get a kick out of this story as well as the librarians who order it. The illustrations are colorful and cartoonish, and there is a lot going on in each page to keep their attention.
I think kids will get a kick out of this story as well as the librarians who order it. The illustrations are colorful and cartoonish, and there is a lot going on in each page to keep their attention.