Purim Chicken
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
It's Purim and the animals on the farm are planning their celebration! They decide to sing songs, wear costumes, and put on a play about Queen Esther. It’s fun until Quack the duck, the star of their show, goes missing! Cluck the hen must be brave like Queen Esther and go in search of Quack near the fox’s den. But when Cluck finds Quack, the duck's feathers are ruffled from her time with the fox. She can't perform! Will Cluck have enough courage to play Queen Esther and save the show?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cuyler's (Skeleton for Dinner) punny barnyard tale is well suited to the playfulness of Purim. Cluck the chicken is initially disappointed when she is passed over for the role of Queen Esther in the animals' Purim play, and instead consigned to the audience. But Cluck's efforts to develop an extra-loud cluck to shout at Haman during the play come in handy after the show's star, Quack, is duck-napped by a fox. Pinillos's (Look! Fish!) vibrant, painterly images amplify the off-kilter mood of the plot. Whether the dialogue elicits groans or giggles may depend on the family (" What bad moos,' mooed Moo"), but it's undeniably fun to read out loud. Ages 4 8. Author's)
