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cute. Good for (repeated) readings aloud with the small people in your life. ( )

Kristy Pratt
2/4/15
Reading Log Opinion Response for Big Chickens
I enjoyed reading Big Chickens for many reasons such as the illustrations, the text lay-out, the narration, the use of descriptive grammar, and the theme. I attempted to come up with a negative aspect of this book, but was unable. Not only were the illustrations large and brightly colored, but they went along well with the text and kept the reader excited to see what would happen next. The text was large and spaced-out which made the story easier to read and follow along. The narrative aspect of the story was cleverly worded and clearly expressed how the characters were feeling through each fearful encounter. For example, when the main characters, four cowardly chickens who are being chased by a wolf, come to a cave, they voice their fears by stating, “What if we can’t see in there? What if we wake up some bats? What if we fall into a bottomless pit?” The abundant use of descriptive verbs and adjectives kept the reader captivated, as they were overly exaggerated and animated. An example of this is when the four chickens are crossing a cow pasture and the story reads, “The chickens squeaked, squirmed, and squealed. They squawked at themselves and each other, until one by one…” Finally, the theme of fear and courage was maintained throughout the book and presented the reader with a life lesson of overcoming your fears and being brave. The chickens begin the story running away from a wolf and are afraid of everything they encounter such as ditches, cows and caves. They talk about how afraid they are of everything, but end up overcoming all of their fears and defeating the wolf. They are proud of their bravery in the end and have overcome their fears together. ( )

In this lively, colorful story,four chickens try very hard to escape a big, bad wolf.