ItтАЩs time for the little red chickenтАЩs bedtime storyтАФand a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken canтАЩt help herself! Whether the tale is Hansel and Gretel or Little Red Riding Hood or even Chicken Little, she jumps into the story to save its hapless characters from doing some dangerous or silly thing. Now itтАЩs the little red chickenтАЩs turn to tell a story, but will her yawning papa make it to the end without his own kind of interrupting? Energetically illustrated with glowing colorsтАФand offering humorous story-within-a-story viewsтАФthis all-too-familiar tale is sure to amuse (and hold the attention of ) spirited little chicks.
David Ezra Stein is the author-illustrator of many picture books, including Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, IтАЩm My Own Dog, Ice Boy, and Dinosaur Kisses. He lives with his family in Kew Gardens, New York.