Plot Summary:
Papa is telling bedtime story to his daughter, a little red chicken. She loves to hear them, but she keeps ruining the plot because she interrupts and inserts herself in the stories, warning the characters of danger and ending the story immediately. She ruins Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood before Papa refuses to tell her another. She begs and begs until Papa asks her to tell him a story. Papa gets into bed and the little red chicken begins to telling him a story about a Papa reading to his little red chicken. Before she knows it, Papa is asleep.
Personal Reaction:
This book is adorable! I love the cute relationship between father and daughter that is depicted as well as the personality of the little red chicken. Stein has a very strong voice. The illustrations are also excellent; in fact, the book is a Caldecott honor book and a New York Times bestseller. The illustrator uses bright, bold colors to tell this great story. In addition, the pictures increase the tone of the book, depicting the little red jumping out of the bed to interrupt one of her father’s stories.
Stein, D. E. (2010). Interrupting chicken. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press.
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