Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken Review
This is one of our favorite books! My daughters are 4 and 5 and this is part of their regular rotation. It is a little long, but well-paced and entertaining. At first my extremely sensitive kids (they are afraid of some of the plots on Sesame Street) were afraid of the picture of the drowning pirate. They quickly go over it and now quote the book. It's really funny to hear a 5 year old call someone "my sweet coq a vin"!
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- ISBN13: 9780060755546
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Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken Overview
She longed for adventure.
So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world.
The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar.
Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . .
She was brave.
She was fearless.
She was feathered.
She was a chicken.
A not-so-chicken chicken.
Her name?
Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken Specifications
She longed for adventure.
So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world.
The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar.
Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . .
She was brave.
She was fearless.
She was feathered.
She was a chicken.
A not-so-chicken chicken.
Her name?
A Look Inside Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken(Click on Images to Enlarge)
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Questions for Kate DiCamillo
Amazon.com: Tell us about Louise--how is she so brave? What do you do when you’re feeling a little bit chicken?
Kate Dicamillo: When I think of Louise, the words that come to mind are insouciant and unflappable. I suppose that when all is said and done, she is brave. But she's also kind of, um, *clueless.* As for me, when I am feeling afraid, I squawk and flap my wings and run around in circles and then I go ahead and try to do the thing that I'm pretty sure I can't do.
Amazon.com: I know pirates don't keep very good records, but have you found any historical evidence of chickens adventuring with pirates?
Dicamillo: Yes, it's true, pirates don't keep great records. But there are several diaries of chickens that have survived through the ages and they paint a quite colorful (and detailed (and sometimes horrifiying)) picture of the many adventures that chickens have had with pirates. I refererred to these diaries when I was doing my research. They were written in chicken scratch; it was slow going.
Amazon.com: If Louise, Despereaux, and Mercy Watson went on an adventure together, what do you think would happen?
Dicamillo: Wow, there's a picture . . . let's see. I can envision Louise standing on Mercy's back and Despereaux perched on Louise's head. *Anything* could happen, I suppose. And would. But I'm sure that whatever happened, it would involve toast, hot air balloons, cluelessness and Despereaux ultimately saving the day.
Amazon.com: This is your first collaboration with Harry Bliss. Did you have his style in mind when you wrote the story, or did you join up with him afterward?
Dicamillo: When I wrote Louise, I didn't have a particular illustrator in mind. But the chicken (the whole world!) that Harry has brought to life in this book has delighted and humbled me. He's a genius.
Amazon.com: You've written award-winning books for kids of every age. Do you tell a different kind of story for each age, or do you think all kids find the same elements appealing?
Dicamillo: I don't think about what age the story is for or who or why. I just try to tell a story that makes me happy, one that makes me laugh, or cry; I try to tell a story that makes me glad to be here.
Kate DiCamillo is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, winner of the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor Book; and The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award finalist. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Customer Reviews
Not up to the DiCamillo standard. - Robert P. Beveridge - Cleveland, OH
Kate DiCamillo, Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken (Joanna Cotler Books, 2008)
One of the things about Because of Winn-Dixie that made the book so great, in my eyes, was how well DiCamillo draws characters. I was hoping that gift would bleed over into her writing for the tot set, but such was not to be in Louise. It's amusing enough, to be sure, but shallow. Louise is a chicken who dreams of adventure, and regularly takes off from the farm to get herself involved in various peccadilloes. Comes off more as a shaggy dog joke than anything else, and that's acceptable in a forty-eight page book, but Louise learning from the situations she got herself into and adapting her behavior over the course of the book (which would have turned this from a sitcom into a quest narrative) would have made for another classic DiCamillo release. ***
A charming, humorous book - MOM - Chicago
THis a charming and humorous book that can be enjoyed by children and the adults reading to them. My grandchildren like it.
Too cute! - T. White - Ohio
I have read and reread this book to my nephew. He adores Louise's adventures. Great illustrations. Kate Dicamillo is awesome!
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