Picture of author.

Laura Rader

Author of Chicken Little

41+ Works 4,650 Members 58 Reviews

About the Author

Laura Rader has illustrated many popular books for children, including A Book of Hugs, A Book of Friends, and A Book of Kisses, all by Dave Ross. She is also the author and illustrator of Who'll Pull Santa's Sleigh Tonight? and Santa's New Suit, which Publishers Weekly called, in a starred review, show more a "holiday outing [with] plenty of panache." Ms. Rader lives in Southern California. (Publisher Provided) show less
Image credit: Via HarperCollins

Works by Laura Rader

Chicken Little (1998) 1,528 copies, 33 reviews
A Book of Hugs (1980) — Illustrator — 862 copies, 3 reviews
Who'll Pull Santa's Sleigh Tonight? (2003) 438 copies, 2 reviews
When Santa Lost His Ho! Ho! Ho! (2008) 293 copies, 2 reviews
Santa's New Suit (2000) 221 copies, 4 reviews
Dancing Class (2001) — Illustrator — 176 copies, 5 reviews
Dr. Duck (2000) — Illustrator — 98 copies, 5 reviews
Goody New Shoes (Hello Reading) (1991) — Illustrator — 58 copies, 1 review
Move Over! (2005) 43 copies
Tea for Me, Tea for You (2003) 32 copies
Good Night, Everyone Good Night (1988) — Illustrator — 23 copies
The Best Smelling Christmas Book Ever (1997) — Illustrator — 21 copies
THE BIG BIRTHDAY BOX (Pictureback Readers) (1989) — Illustrator — 17 copies
The Best-smelling Mother Goose Book Ever! (1996) — Illustrator — 15 copies
IN MY KITCHEN (Pictureback Reader) (1989) — Illustrator — 15 copies
Penny Goes to the Movies (Hello Reading) (1990) — Illustrator — 10 copies
Where Is Humpty Dumpty?: A Flip-and-Read Book (2004) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Rosie Rabbit's Easter (1997) — Illustrator — 5 copies
Little Tommy Tucker 56 (1997) 4 copies
Chicken Licken (2005) 1 copy
We Three Kings (1997) 1 copy
Come, All Ye Faithful (1997) 1 copy

Associated Works

A Bad, Bad Day (1996) — Illustrator — 845 copies, 5 reviews
No Way! (1996) — Illustrator — 468 copies
A Book of Kisses (2000) — Illustrator — 373 copies, 1 review
The Teeny-Tiny Woman (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) (1995) — Illustrator — 167 copies, 1 review
Pete's Chicken (1994) — Illustrator — 163 copies
Presents for Santa (2000) — Illustrator — 160 copies, 2 reviews
I Need An Easter Egg! (1999) — Illustrator — 112 copies
Dinos in the Snow! (2005) — Illustrator — 96 copies, 1 review
The Three Little Pigs: Level 2 (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) (1995) — Illustrator — 86 copies, 4 reviews
The Turnip (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) (1996) — Illustrator — 76 copies, 1 review
Scamper's Year (Ready-to-Read, Level 1) (1997) — Illustrator — 47 copies
Dinos on the Go (2004) — Illustrator — 43 copies
Follow Me! (Hello Reading) (1990) — Illustrator, some editions — 37 copies
The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms (1978) — Illustrator; Illustrator, some editions — 33 copies
Sleepy-O! (1997) — Illustrator — 19 copies, 1 review
Sidewalk Chalk Games (1994) — Illustrator — 19 copies
The Three Billy Goats Gruff: A Split-page Surprise Book (1995) — Illustrator — 18 copies
Bigger Than a Baby (1991) — Illustrator — 10 copies
Hiss and Kiss are Best Friends (1996) — Illustrator — 5 copies

Tagged

animals (114) birds (20) board book (30) chicken (44) chickens (47) children (34) children's (44) Christmas (265) emotions (19) fairy tale (33) fairy tales (64) family (47) farm (66) farm animals (35) feelings (44) fiction (76) folktale (29) folktales (38) friends (24) friendship (23) holiday (23) holidays (34) hugs (61) love (52) picture book (95) rhyming (18) Santa (42) sky (22) Valentine's Day (21) winter (20)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate
20th Century
Gender
female
Places of residence
California, USA
Associated Place (for map)
California, USA

Members

Reviews

63 reviews
Chicken Little is about a little chicken who thinks the sky is falling. On his way to tell the king, he tells 4 other animals so they join him. When they get there, the king informs him that it was just an acorn that had fallen on his tail. This story is cute and I understand it is a very old folktale. To me, it resembles The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The chicken went sharing information without having all of the details. I think this book is a good one to share with kids when explaining rumors to show more them and how it is not good to share them. Kids should know to have all of the facts before they tell others because they could have people worried for no reason. This rule goes in the classroom very well as kids love to tell the teacher on each other. A story that teaches a lesson is always good for children. I think it really puts the lesson on their level for them to get and understand through animated pictures and funny stories. show less
This story was about a chicken named Chicken Little, while she was in the woods an acorn fell and hit her on her tail. She thought the sky was falling, so she decided she needed to go tell the king. While running to the king, she ran into Henry Penny, Cocky Locky, Ducky Lucky, and Goosey Loosey, and she told them what was going on and they wanted to go with her to the king. When they got to the king, they told him what happened. He thought that this was crazy, so he looked in Chicken show more Little’s feathers and found an acorn. This book teaches kids to not always believe what people tell you. You should always look for facts and evidence to support what the other person is saying, before believing them. show less
This particular version of Chicken Little is definitely geared towards younger readers. It doesn't have very much plot. The tone is much brighter and light hearted compared to other common known versions of the story. The author used very short sentences with plenty of repetitive and rhyming words. The entire story is character driven, having Chicken Little think the sky is falling and convincing everyone else of the same, only to find out he got hit by an acorn on the tail. Aside from show more Chicken Littles perspective, everything else is he said, she said. No one gets hurt snd everything seems to go back to normal at the end of the story. show less
Sometimes, traditions shouldn't be changed. ESPECIALLY when it comes to Santa's classic red suit. All of his suits are messed up, but what will everyone think about the new suit Santa buys? Maybe somethings shouldn't change. ;)

Awards

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Statistics

Works
41
Also by
19
Members
4,650
Popularity
#5,427
Rating
½ 3.5
Reviews
58
ISBNs
101

Charts & Graphs