The Silly Chicken

This book is about a chicken who only said "tuck" over and over and the people in the town believed that had to mean something. One day a man taught the chicken how to talk in English and it said that "the earth is going to swallow us up." Everyone believed him and ran all over the earth and into outer space just to try to get away. When they came back and talked to the chicken they were angry to find out it was just a joke but the chicken said it was silly for them to listen to a chicken. From then on they would always go to the chicken for a good laugh.
Critique (Genre): This is a good example of folklore from the Sufi culture because it has a good lesson to never listen to chickens, or other talking animals for that matter. No chicken show more has ever been able to be taught English. A story like this could have been passed down by word of mouth to many generations to children to teach them this lesson. The setting of the background of the town does make the story more believable and easier to follow for children, as well as the assumed time period.
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After a man teaches a chicken to say, "The Earth is going to swallow us up", the chicken announces it to a town of people. The people dramatically react and try to escape Earth, which isn't possible but they give it a try anyways. When the town's people eventually return to the chicken, the chicken laughs questioning why they listened to him in the first place. The people realize that they shouldn't have assumed the chicken is right, they should have thought for themselves. This central message of independent thinking will reach readers young and old.

Genre critique: This is a folktale. It's a Sufi developmental story. The setting is the Middle East and the illustrations highlight the culture. The plot is fast paced and concludes with a show more universal message. The universal message is not explicitly told but readers can easily infer from the chicken's reaction to the people after they run all over the Earth. This is a great example of a folktale because it contains all the criteria for a folktale. After all, there is a talking chicken.

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I thought this was a decent book, though it was a bit wordy at times, which seemed to big down the story a bit. However, I thought it was appropriate to have this book be bilingual, as it dealt with some different facets of communication. In a class with a mix of English and Spanish speakers, this could be really useful when trying to teach about communicating with someone who may speak differently than you.

Genre: folklore
Art: watercolor
Summary: This is a wonderfully fresh version of a 2500 year-old cautionary tale. A silly chicken who has learnt to speak told people that the earth was going to disappear. And people believed him. However, it turned out to be a lie. People seemed to be very silly.
It is a interesting story for kids. And the author made proper adaption of this ancient tale. The pictures are also very funny. But there are too many words in a page, which would make reading a little boring.

Review:
A Sufi teaching tale of a chicken that has learned to speak as people do and spread an alarming warning, which caused the townspeople panic without first considering the messenger. At last, people found they were fool for believing a chicken and always asked the chicken to make them laugh by telling something.
Critique:
This is a folklore. The illustrator create a lively and amusing world, rich in color. In the story, people thought the chicken was silly, but the truth is they are silly for trusting a chicken. The book describes a fantastic and amusing world.
Comments on use:
Children learn a folklore in in Central Asia and the Middle East.
Alerting children in a very amusing way to the dangers of being too gullible.
Age show more appropriateness:
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This book is a myth/legend that was a Sufi teaching tale from long ago (I don't know what that means, but it was in the book!). The story was interesting, but I think it would be confusing for kids to read. The artwork is great though. I liked when the people were running everywhere, including all around the globe. It was a good interpretation of the different types of people that were running because of this silly chicken.

This picture book tells us a story how a silly chicken tricks a crowd of silly people in a village and finally those people enjoy making fun of the silly chicken. This story is very funny with those silly conversations between villagers and the chicken. And the colorful pictures show vivid images of the characters and interesting plot of the story. It is very entertaining for young readers.