Jane Wattenberg

This book tells the classic story of Henny Penny, who thinks the sky is falling after an apple falls on her head. Henny Penny goes on a journey to tell the King about the sky falling, meeting up with many friends along the way who accompany her on her quest. Henny Penny and all her friends run in to the mean Foxy Loxy, who eats Henny Penny's friends, but she escapes and lays an egg.

I love this book because of the colorful language used and the whimsical nature of the story. There are many show more words in this story that are made up and fun to read with kids, and the book does a great job of detailing the actions that Henny Penny and her friends perform on their journey.

This book could be used to teach a lesson on different parts of speech and nonsense words. There are many words in this book that are descriptive even though they are not real words. Teachers can talk to children about how they know certain words are real or fake and have them act out pieces of the story. show less

Great remake of the classic fairytale. The illustrations are very powerful and vivid. Very fun. The story is (as it always has been) a little scary when the fox lures everyone into his den. Lucky for Henny Penny, she remembers to go home to lay her egg.

"Chickabunga!" The alarmist chicken and all her funny feathered friends are back! Henny-Penny thinks the sky is falling when an acorn smacks her on her fine red comb. Come flock along as she and her barnyard pals take a side-splitting trip around the world to tell the king.

This is a very "hip" retelling of the classic story of Henny Penny. It's very fun to read aloud, there are lots of fun voices and rhymes, and it moves along at a very fast clip. The illustrations are hilarious and really unique.