Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise

Surprise! The little red chicken is back - and as endearingly silly as ever - in David Ezra Stein's follow-up to the Caldecott Honor-winning <i>Interrupting Chicken.</i><br><br>It's homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant of surprise. Or could it be an <i>element</i> of surprise (as her amused papa explains) ? As they dive in to story after story, looking for the part that makes a reader say &quot;Whoa! I didn't know <i>that </i>was going to happen,&quot; Papa is sure he can convince Chicken he's right. After all, there are definitely<i> </i>no elephants in &quot;The Ugly Duckling,&quot; &quot;Rapunzel,&quot; or &quot;The Little Mermaid&quot; - or are there? Elephant or element, something unexpected awaits Papa in every story, but a surprise may be in store for the little red chicken as well. Full of the same boisterous charm that made <i>Interrupting Chicken </i>so beloved by readers, this gleeful follow-up is sure to delight fans of stories, surprises, and elephants alike.