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Books by david ezra stein5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. But with a hungry inspector, a desperate chef, a. Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VAĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Caldecott Honor winner David Ezra Stein takes readers on a slapstick journey in his debut graphic novel series, featuring Beaky Barnes, a no-nonsense chicken who's determined to save her desirable egg. This is one of the rare titles that will entertain both parent and child. The rich colors of the characters perfectly contrast with the sepia pages of the storybooks. Stein's droll cartoons use watercolor, crayon, china marker, pen, and tea. ![]() At the end, the pair cuddle together, asleep. When he convinces his daughter to compose her own story, she fills four pages with preschool-style spelling and drawings about a chicken putting her papa to bed, but her tale is interrupted by Papa's snores. In each case, the story abruptly ends, wearying the father with what to do next. ![]() At bedtime, despite a rooster papa's best efforts to share classic fairy tales with his daughter, Little Red Chicken's soft heart means she can't help but jump into each story to warn Hansel and Gretel and then Red Riding Hood about impending danger, and to assure Chicken Little: Don't panic! It was just an acorn. ![]() PreSchool-Grade 2 In a picture book that is as charming and comic as Pouch! (Putnam, 2009), Stein again represents an affectionate parent's trials with a vigorous child. ![]()
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