![]() Stein masterfully builds suspense with each imbedded story, for a gag that only gets more fun with each reveal. ![]() A final story written by Papa and illustrated by Chicken demonstrates that, despite Papa's best efforts, the "elephant of surprise" is here to stay. Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein Surprise The little red chicken is back and as endearingly silly. As the Ugly Duckling is about to glimpse his reflection, a page turn introduces a blue elephant wearing wings: "Surprise! I'm an elephant!" The elephant returns in readings of "Rapunzel" (with thick braids) and "The Little Mermaid" (sporting a bikini). Its homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant of surprise. ![]() ![]() ![]() To demonstrate, Papa reads "The Ugly Duckling." The storybook open on Papa's lap, Stein's art transforms from the smudgy, warm tones of the cozy reading nook to a pastoral storybook scene rendered in pen and ink. The little red chicken is back and as endearingly silly as ever in David Ezra Stein’s follow-up to the Caldecott Honorwinning Interrupting Chicken. The little red chicken is back and as endearingly silly as ever in David Ezra Steins follow-up to the Caldecott Honorwinning Interrupting Chicken. In the eponymous Chicken's post Caldecott Honor book, she learns something new in school: "Every story has an elephant of surprise." Papa whose bright red crest and spade-shaped feet match Chicken's gently explains that it's element, not elephant. ![]()
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