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Interrupting Chicken #3
Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakfast
Wake up! The little red chicken is hungry--and up to his old tricks.
It's bright and early on a Saturday morning, and the little red chicken wants cookies for breakfast. What better way to persuade Papa than by jarring him awake and gleefully interjecting cookies--and herself!--into every nursery rhyme they read together? Though the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe heartily endorses the little red chicken's plan, Papa has his own idea for a sweet breakfast for his determined daughter.
It's bright and early on a Saturday morning, and the little red chicken wants cookies for breakfast. What better way to persuade Papa than by jarring him awake and gleefully interjecting cookies--and herself!--into every nursery rhyme they read together? Though the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe heartily endorses the little red chicken's plan, Papa has his own idea for a sweet breakfast for his determined daughter.
40 pages, Hardcover
Published October 26, 2021
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David Ezra Stein
28 books133 followersDavid Ezra Stein is an author-illustrator whose previous books include LEAVES, winner of an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. He lives in Kew Gardens, New York.
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December 30, 2021
I love these books. I was reading this to my boys and the adults in the background were listening in and chuckling.
November 23, 2021
First sentence: It was bright and early for the little red chicken. "Good morning, Papa!" said the little red chicken. "Oog," said Papa. "Wake up!" "Chickennn," groaned Papa. "I don't want to wake up yet. It's Saturday!" "But look! I brought us breakfast in bed." "Really?" said Papa.
Premise/plot: LITTLE Chicken--our INTERRUPTING chicken--has brought his Papa breakfast in bed!!! Three guess as to what he's serving!!! But will Papa go for this? Will he really allow them to eat cookies....for breakfast???? This amusing exchange results in some stories...and some interrupting. Cookie may just find their way into some classic Mother Goose rhymes.
My thoughts: I really LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this one. I do recommend the other two books in the series. Though I don't think you'd have to read them first to enjoy this one. I love these two characters. I love the stories. I love the interruptions. I love Little Chick's one track mind!
I think my favorite dialogue is this,
"Cookies are healthy! They have lots of vitamins."
"What vitamins?"
"Vitamin C for Cookie!"
"Let's just read, okay?"
"Okay, Papa."
Premise/plot: LITTLE Chicken--our INTERRUPTING chicken--has brought his Papa breakfast in bed!!! Three guess as to what he's serving!!! But will Papa go for this? Will he really allow them to eat cookies....for breakfast???? This amusing exchange results in some stories...and some interrupting. Cookie may just find their way into some classic Mother Goose rhymes.
My thoughts: I really LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this one. I do recommend the other two books in the series. Though I don't think you'd have to read them first to enjoy this one. I love these two characters. I love the stories. I love the interruptions. I love Little Chick's one track mind!
I think my favorite dialogue is this,
"Cookies are healthy! They have lots of vitamins."
"What vitamins?"
"Vitamin C for Cookie!"
"Let's just read, okay?"
"Okay, Papa."
December 2, 2021
I just get Chicken so much. I too, want cookies all the time.
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November 7, 2021Interrupting chicken is back and as cute as ever. Chicken has cookies on the brain for breakfast and all Papa wants to do is sleep! Hilarious with vibrant energetic art.
October 19, 2023
Have you read Interrupting Chicken : Cookies for Breakfast today?
June 28, 2022
I think I like this one even better than the original as Chicken inserts the very good idea of cookies for breakfast into the stories Papa is reading. Delightful. Made me chuckle and tee-hee.
December 13, 2021
Not the best one in this series, but still cute. I'd recommend the first two books over this one.
January 22, 2022
Here's the thing. I know this book is WAY above Audrey's comprehension right now. My girl sees black and white and some primary colors. She hasn't even said her first word yet--yet alone understanding what "interrupting" means. BUT my husband outright laughed at this and so, I had to give it 5 stars.
It follows the previous format that was the award winning title, "Interrupting Chicken." Only Scott didn't know that. So when Chicken started interrupting nursery rhymes to make up their own about cookies (and having them for breakfast), Scott wanted to keep reading. Audrey probably had no idea why we were laughing but there you go.
It follows the previous format that was the award winning title, "Interrupting Chicken." Only Scott didn't know that. So when Chicken started interrupting nursery rhymes to make up their own about cookies (and having them for breakfast), Scott wanted to keep reading. Audrey probably had no idea why we were laughing but there you go.
November 20, 2021
The grandkids loved it! But one kept saying, "What! You can't eat cookies for breakfast. No way!"
January 7, 2022
Having loved the original Interrupting Chicken, I was thrilled when I heard about this third story about the little red chicken's tendency to interrupt her father's reading. In this tale, Chicken wants cookies for breakfast. When her father refuses, she asks him to read to her instead. As her father reads through the book of nursery rhymes, Chicken interrupts over and over again inserting herself and cookies into some of the rhymes. Her father patiently explains that they aren't going to have cookies for breakfast. But Chicken persists in her efforts to persuade him. She concludes her efforts with a poem she writes herself. Once again, Stein has written an amusing tale of family, literature, creativity, and persuasion. His illustrations are lively and amusing and really fun. This tale is bound to be appreciated by children and adults alike. Highly recommended.
September 7, 2022
Here's the problem. The original Interrupting Chicken was quite nearly a perfect book. Funny, a great read aloud, and loads of depths in the illustrations. It's a brilliant book for introducing Mock Caldecott and how illustrations contribute to a story. David Ezra Stein really knocked it out of the ballpark, so in comparison, the sequels have been mediocre. It's not fair to judge the books so, but there you have it.
October 17, 2023
day : brightened
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This is my most anticipated 2021 release. I, an adult, love this series with all my heart and soul.
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This is my most anticipated 2021 release. I, an adult, love this series with all my heart and soul.
December 4, 2021
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INTERRUPTING CHICKEN: COOKIES FOR BREAKFAST is a sweet picture book read that will resonate with both children and their caregivers. Chicken is ready for the day to start and wakes up her Papa. While she is trying to convince him that they should have cookies for breakfast (and she brought them along), he is just waking up and willing to read from her nursery rhyme book. However, Chicken is ready to bring them all back to cookies with her usual interrupting style. The book concludes with them getting up to have cakes for breakfast instead (pancakes!).
What I loved: This is another sweet story between Chicken and her father with conversations that will resonate for both children and caregivers. Papa is just trying to sleep but willing to still read a book to Chicken as he wakes up. Chicken is determined to have cookies for breakfast and willing to bring all the stories back to cookies in the usual delightful style. Children will love seeing the nursery rhymes and how they are transformed as well as the original one that Chicken has created. Caregivers will definitely empathize with Papa as they recognize both the determined morning wake-ups and the silly meal requests.
The font used is really easy to read and never too dense on any page. The full cover detailed illustrations, along with the font changes for Chicken's interludes and storybook page styles for the books being read, make this a really unique and fun book to read. In the context of the other books in the series, this is a clever and sweet new installment that brings all the things readers loved in the previous books with a new story.
Final verdict: A charming and sweet picture book, INTERRUPTING CHICKEN: COOKIES FOR BREAKFAST is a delightful new story about Chicken and her Papa in the morning.
Please note that I received a review copy. All opinions are my own.
INTERRUPTING CHICKEN: COOKIES FOR BREAKFAST is a sweet picture book read that will resonate with both children and their caregivers. Chicken is ready for the day to start and wakes up her Papa. While she is trying to convince him that they should have cookies for breakfast (and she brought them along), he is just waking up and willing to read from her nursery rhyme book. However, Chicken is ready to bring them all back to cookies with her usual interrupting style. The book concludes with them getting up to have cakes for breakfast instead (pancakes!).
What I loved: This is another sweet story between Chicken and her father with conversations that will resonate for both children and caregivers. Papa is just trying to sleep but willing to still read a book to Chicken as he wakes up. Chicken is determined to have cookies for breakfast and willing to bring all the stories back to cookies in the usual delightful style. Children will love seeing the nursery rhymes and how they are transformed as well as the original one that Chicken has created. Caregivers will definitely empathize with Papa as they recognize both the determined morning wake-ups and the silly meal requests.
The font used is really easy to read and never too dense on any page. The full cover detailed illustrations, along with the font changes for Chicken's interludes and storybook page styles for the books being read, make this a really unique and fun book to read. In the context of the other books in the series, this is a clever and sweet new installment that brings all the things readers loved in the previous books with a new story.
Final verdict: A charming and sweet picture book, INTERRUPTING CHICKEN: COOKIES FOR BREAKFAST is a delightful new story about Chicken and her Papa in the morning.
Please note that I received a review copy. All opinions are my own.
October 26, 2021
Little red chicken got up early on Saturday and brought his Papa breakfast in bed. Cookies for breakfast! But Papa doesn’t want either of them having cookies for breakfast and just wants to sleep a little longer. He agrees to read a book together though. Little red chicken picked out a book of nursery rhymes. There Was an Old Woman started out normally enough, but soon Little red chicken has turned it into a tale of shared cookies in a shoe. Jack and his candlestick and Hickory Dickory Dock all get changed too and now include cookies. Papa is starting to get a headache, so Little red chicken writes him a rhyme of his own which features cookies, of course. Now it is Papa’s turn to be hungry, and the two of them agree on a different treat for breakfast, cake! Pancakes.
This third book in the Interrupting Chicken series is another winner. In this book, Little red chicken interrupts regularly to continue to ask for cookies for breakfast. His sleepy and patient father goes along as best he can while also insisting that neither of them would have cookies for breakfast. The interruptions are great fun, transforming classic nursery rhymes into delicious humor. The relationship between the two characters is also a pleasure with their back and forth dialogue being just as joyous as the silly rhymes.
The art by Stein contrasts highly saturated and deeply colored images of the chickens with light pastel vintage nursery rhymes shown in a book. Those in turn get changed with some clever erasing and crayons that add yet another layer to the stories.
Another winner in a charming series. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
This third book in the Interrupting Chicken series is another winner. In this book, Little red chicken interrupts regularly to continue to ask for cookies for breakfast. His sleepy and patient father goes along as best he can while also insisting that neither of them would have cookies for breakfast. The interruptions are great fun, transforming classic nursery rhymes into delicious humor. The relationship between the two characters is also a pleasure with their back and forth dialogue being just as joyous as the silly rhymes.
The art by Stein contrasts highly saturated and deeply colored images of the chickens with light pastel vintage nursery rhymes shown in a book. Those in turn get changed with some clever erasing and crayons that add yet another layer to the stories.
Another winner in a charming series. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
February 11, 2022
Little Red Chicken is awake and hungry. She decides it is time for Daddy to wake up and let her eat cookies. He negotiates for a story while he tries to recover from the early awakening. While they read the Nursery Rhymes Little Red Chicken is up to her old tricks and can't help finishing the rhymes with her own twist...and agenda: cookies for breakfast. Will Daddy give in or have a better idea?
Stein totally knew how to write a loving but unhappy to be awake father for this. The ways that Little Red hijacks the nursery rhymes are humorous (and done in well done rhyme). I totally think after the first example some readers should be able to predict what Little Red Chicken does to the next set of nursery rhymes, so this could be used for prediction practice in reading and rhyming skills practice. The love for cookies and the logic of a child shines through, but Dad totally wins with a clever compromise. (Although, I have to confess, as an adult I have totally had cookies as part of breakfast. I feel like lots of things can be justified as breakfast foods with the logic that they are healthier than donuts. -- These are the kinds of logical skills you develop when you grow up with a nutritionist for a mom. 😁 -- Cookies have less sugar and fat than donuts, so why not swap in one for the other in a breakfast meal? Of course, I would also never hand cookies to my nieces for breakfast without their parents' approval.) Hand this to Interrupting Chicken fans, nursery rhyme fans, and humor fans.
Stein totally knew how to write a loving but unhappy to be awake father for this. The ways that Little Red hijacks the nursery rhymes are humorous (and done in well done rhyme). I totally think after the first example some readers should be able to predict what Little Red Chicken does to the next set of nursery rhymes, so this could be used for prediction practice in reading and rhyming skills practice. The love for cookies and the logic of a child shines through, but Dad totally wins with a clever compromise. (Although, I have to confess, as an adult I have totally had cookies as part of breakfast. I feel like lots of things can be justified as breakfast foods with the logic that they are healthier than donuts. -- These are the kinds of logical skills you develop when you grow up with a nutritionist for a mom. 😁 -- Cookies have less sugar and fat than donuts, so why not swap in one for the other in a breakfast meal? Of course, I would also never hand cookies to my nieces for breakfast without their parents' approval.) Hand this to Interrupting Chicken fans, nursery rhyme fans, and humor fans.
December 8, 2021
Nursery Rhyme Makeovers & Cookies in Bed!
PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW ON MY BLOG: http://bookreadingtic.com/2021/12/07/... THANK YOU!
Little chicken is wide awake and wants his Papa to wake up, too--and eat cookies together! Papa desperately wants to get more sleep, and get his little chick to give up on the idea of cookies for breakfast. As little chick bounces on Papa’s bed, he starts reciting nursery rhymes, but he changes them to include eating cookies.
“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe,” and “Hickory, Dickory, Doc,” are a couple nursery rhymes that get hilarious make overs that include cookies. Eventually, Papa gets up, and gets breakfast for his little chicken, but is it cookies?
This fun story of little chick and his Papa takes place on familiar ground. As any parent of a little one knows, once they decide you should get up, they are very persistent.
This over-sized, hard-backed, picture book contains brilliant illustrations that bring even more life to this already high energy book. Children will love the way little chicken changes nursery rhymes to try to get cookies. They will definitely identify with being wide awake and trying to get a parent out of bed. I recommend this five-star book to children four to eight years old.
Candlewick Press has provided bookreadingtic with a complimentary copy of, “Interrupting Chicken,” for the purpose of review.
PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW ON MY BLOG: http://bookreadingtic.com/2021/12/07/... THANK YOU!
Little chicken is wide awake and wants his Papa to wake up, too--and eat cookies together! Papa desperately wants to get more sleep, and get his little chick to give up on the idea of cookies for breakfast. As little chick bounces on Papa’s bed, he starts reciting nursery rhymes, but he changes them to include eating cookies.
“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe,” and “Hickory, Dickory, Doc,” are a couple nursery rhymes that get hilarious make overs that include cookies. Eventually, Papa gets up, and gets breakfast for his little chicken, but is it cookies?
This fun story of little chick and his Papa takes place on familiar ground. As any parent of a little one knows, once they decide you should get up, they are very persistent.
This over-sized, hard-backed, picture book contains brilliant illustrations that bring even more life to this already high energy book. Children will love the way little chicken changes nursery rhymes to try to get cookies. They will definitely identify with being wide awake and trying to get a parent out of bed. I recommend this five-star book to children four to eight years old.
Candlewick Press has provided bookreadingtic with a complimentary copy of, “Interrupting Chicken,” for the purpose of review.
November 8, 2021
They're back! Whoever would have thought that a Papa rooster and his young 'Little Red Chicken' would give such joy and laughter? I guess David Ezra Stein did, and for the third time brings back Papa who only wants a bit more sleep on a Saturday morning and a child who is awake, very wide awake, and he has brought breakfast in bed -- cookies! Papa says "no" so the second wish is for Papa to read a book to Little Red Chicken, who chooses a book of nursery rhymes. Well, they are familiar to readers until that young one changes them to "cookies" in endearing, clever ways. For example: "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many -- Cookies, she gave me a few!" Those pages are shown in the book's pages, and although Little Red Chicken keeps the rhymes going, Papa also keeps saying "No." until. . . he needs to rest just a little longer so the Little Red Chicken creates his own poem, with illustrations!
Stein's details are always fun to look for even though the story itself keeps calling for readers to turn the page, turn the page! I loved seeing Papa's bedroom with the lamp and books along with kids' toys on the floor, the kitchen, and Papa's pajamas! It's another book about these chickens to love!
Thanks to Candlewick Press for this copy!
Stein's details are always fun to look for even though the story itself keeps calling for readers to turn the page, turn the page! I loved seeing Papa's bedroom with the lamp and books along with kids' toys on the floor, the kitchen, and Papa's pajamas! It's another book about these chickens to love!
Thanks to Candlewick Press for this copy!
February 17, 2023
This series of books is quickly becoming a modern classic among children’s books, in my opinion as a recently retired children’s librarian. I love the use of old fairy tales or nursery rhymes, a little chicken who sounds exactly like a toddler or precocious preschooler, and the emphasis on a parent reading to a child. The illustrations and stories in each of the books in the series are adorable! My colleague and I used the first book in a Facebook storytime we did during the pandemic and it got some very positive feedback —it was not easy to connect with a remote audience, but when people commented on it, we knew we’d made a connection.
December 8, 2021
David Ezra Stein is "3 for 3" with the "Interrupting Chicken" series. I admire how Stein keeps evolving these tales to feature different types of stories within the story (in this case, nursery rhymes). The playful banter between father and son is endearing, and chicken's adaptation of rhymes to highlight the importance of cookies will have young listeners/readers laughing out loud. A marvelous addition to the series.
Publication Date: 2021
Format: Picture book
Elements: Dialogue, rhyme; stories within stories
Connection/Topics: Predicting; nursery rhymes
Publication Date: 2021
Format: Picture book
Elements: Dialogue, rhyme; stories within stories
Connection/Topics: Predicting; nursery rhymes
February 6, 2022
Our Littlebits are still learning that cookies are not for breakfast - we laughed our way through this one, anyway! Visit Littlebit Book Club for our roundup of resources for Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakfast by David Ezra Stein.
April 21, 2024
i am reviewing from a Kindle FIRE stand point so for that reason i am saying 3 stars ...why i will explain now ...you can not enlarge the screen to enlarge the text and illustrations. yes, you can read the text but not very well it is super tiny. the illustrations would be much improved if you could enlarge them. make sense hope so?? i am reading it through my local library leaning program. yet to read book 2 or 1.
April 29, 2024
Chicken wants cookies for breakfast but Dad says "No." He'll read some nursery rhymes instead - and then they'll have breakfast. Chicken interrupts, inserting himself and cookies into the rhymes. Eventually they opt for cakes (pancakes) for breakfast.
I must be getting tired of this trope since this story did nothing for me. I didn't find it funny nor do I find a nagging child to be a good role model.
I must be getting tired of this trope since this story did nothing for me. I didn't find it funny nor do I find a nagging child to be a good role model.
November 10, 2021
Super cute story of a young chicken and his father. The little one wakes up the dad with breakfast in bed -- cookies! Dad declares no cookies for breakfast, but he will read the little chicken a book. They read nursery rhymes, but the little one keeps interrupting mid nursery rhyme with new endings about cookies.
Probably best if you already have heard the nursery rhymes.
Probably best if you already have heard the nursery rhymes.
December 11, 2021
So the first two in this series were cute but also annoyed me a bit. This one I loved! I loved the nursery rhymes and the sneakiness of the chicken trying to figure out how to have cookies for breakfast. Plus I love the resolution at the end. So cute! And you really don't have to read the first two in order to get this one.
February 16, 2022
Nothing beats the original. This one has the same vein where Little Chicken and his dad are reading classic stories together. In this one Little Chicken is trying to wake dad up early and dad wants to sleep in so LC starts telling him stories and I stead of “interrupting” they end in eating cookies.
April 10, 2022
Little Red Chicken wakes up bright and early on a Saturday requesting cookies for breakfast. Papa who only wants a few more minutes of shut-eye agrees to read a few nursery rhymes before fixing a healthy breakfast. Little Red Chicken puts a spin on the rhymes by mentioning cookies as he keeps interrupting, but to no avail his ploy doesn't work on Papa.
October 31, 2022
Lexi and Victoria would LOVE this book!
While reading about the baby chicken who kept interrupting fairy tales (and making up new endings); I was thinking about how much fun the little girls would have had, interrupting and making new endings for those beloved tales.
I must say I am definitely going to read other books by this author!
While reading about the baby chicken who kept interrupting fairy tales (and making up new endings); I was thinking about how much fun the little girls would have had, interrupting and making new endings for those beloved tales.
I must say I am definitely going to read other books by this author!
November 20, 2023
I read this while running a Scholastic book fair, and it's good that I'm a librarian and can laugh silently. I was shaking with laughter while not disturbing any classes.
Not a fan of Interrupting Chicken the character, nor really of the art, but this gets four starts for being hilarious. If you liked the other books, don't miss this installation with nursery rhymes.
Not a fan of Interrupting Chicken the character, nor really of the art, but this gets four starts for being hilarious. If you liked the other books, don't miss this installation with nursery rhymes.
November 24, 2021
Perfectly adorable. Actually, it's so adorable, it's not even believably a child's voice. I've heard variations of this argument before, but always from an adult who *should* know better. I think that's why the adorableness has to be factored in.
December 1, 2021
I have seen the interrupting Chicken Picturebooks around but never actually read one and this one cracked me up. It is perfect for K-2nd grade read-alouds and this one would be great with a cookie snack.
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