Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? | 
| Author: Tedd Arnold, Harry Bliss, David Catrow, Marla Frazee, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Raschka, Judy Schachner, David Shannon, Mo Willems Jon Agee
Publisher: Dial
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 412152
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 10.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0803730942
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780803730946
ASIN: 0803730942
Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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Product Description
We all know the joke. Weve all told it. Kids love to tell it over and over and over again, with as many different punch lines as possible. And now weve found out that famous award-winning artists love to tell the joke tooand they have some wacky and downright hilarious ideas about why that chicken really did cross the road. P Mo Willemss chicken confesses his motives to a police officer; David Shannons chicken can drive a car; Marla Frazees chicken is looking for a more luxurious coop; and Harry Blisss chicken encounters aliens. And this is just the beginning. One thing is for sureyou wont cross this book without a good laugh!P IN PECKING ORDER: Marla Frazee, Mo Willems , Judy Schachner, Tedd Arnold, Jon Agee, David Shannon, Vladimir Radunsky, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Sheban, Harry Bliss, Mary Grandpre, Lynn Munsinger, David Catrow, Chris Raschka P
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 clean chicken fun August 8, 2008
It was very interesting (to me, anyway) to see the different writers takes on the chicken story. I thought it was fun.
 To Give 14 Illustrators the Opportunity to Share Some Fun! February 24, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
An inspired idea: Get 14 leading kids' book illustratos to write the illustrate their punch line to the old chestnut of a riddle "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road." It's like a series of knock-knock jokes: Rapid-fire visual and written humor that proceeds in wonderfully silly fashion, even if a few are not quite as clever as the others.br /br /The 14 2-page spreads are like a narrow window into each illustrator's style and sense of humor. While each is unique, there were more similarities than I would have imagined. A common theme was that the chicken crossed to join some wild or unexpected extravaganza unavailable on the current side of the road. This might be am ultra-chic (chick?) new chicken house (Frazee), a Victorian-era picnic lunch (somewhat dull, but a great tapestry-like picture by Jerry Pinkney), a Cubist/Gaugin inspired tropical oasis in the middle of a vegetable patch (Grandpre)), or simply a huge sandwich at "Lou's Diner Across the ROad." (Catrow).br /br /The best of the lot, I think, are those that subvert the traditional elements of the joke. Leave it to Mo Willems to picture a chicken in a police station, nervously insisyinh "I'm telling you guys, I just did it to get to the other side! Honest!" while, in a deft visual pun, another detective pours charcoal on a grill. David Shannon and Lynn Mussinger approach the question somewhat matter-of-factly: Shannon answers, "Because the light was green," with a chicken, pig, and cow joy-riding--to the joy of kids, and the shock and dismay of adults. Mussinger replies "because the light said 'walk,'" and shows an entire street full of chickens and chickens only, including police-chicken, shoppers coming from "Coopingdale's," and a tiny chicken on roller skates--even the crosswalk sign shows a chicken walking. Others illustrators take a reverse approach, and rely on fantastic (as in "fantasy") answers and pictures.br /br /There's a two-page "Scoop from the Coop" spread in the back, in which the illustrators "explain" their answers, but do so jokingly,without giving adults or older kids any insight into their creative juices. Fortunately, there's a partial list of books they've illustrated, so that adults and kids can find more of their work. While a few of the scenes didn't quite work, this is a unique, funny, and very entertaining presentation. It'shigh concept, but in a very easily appreciated format.
 Boring May 11, 2007
If you want a collection of children's artists, this book would fit the bill. Otherwise, I didn't find this to be a "keeper"-check it out from the library rather than spend your money. Artists are not necessarily great writers-after a couple of readings, my kids were bored with it.
Better than the cover suggests April 20, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am not sure how this delightful book got stuck into this cover, but it is verybr /uninviting. I also happen to work at a kid's bookstore on a "help-out" situation, andbr /it was my impression that this book didn't move at all during the critical Christmasbr /holiday. The cover has to be the reason.br /br /Inside are the delightful and sometimes hilarious answers to the question in the title,br /with a wonderful selection of top children's illustrators of the day. The book is abr /real keepsake and a reminder to check out other books by these illustrators.
Highly entertaining March 8, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm not sure if my daughter enjoyed this as much as I did, but this book is hilarious and fun. This collection of illustrations is top-notch, to put it simply. This is a great book for stimulating interactive questions between the reader and the listener, too. This is one that YOU will want to read again and again. Oh yeah, and your child/students probably will, too.
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