Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken

She longed for adventure.

So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world.

The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar.

Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . .

She was brave.

She was fearless.

She was feathered.

She was a chicken.

A not-so-chicken chicken.

Her name?

Author: Kate DiCamillo
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/23/2008
Pages: 56
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 11.38h x 10.24w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9780060755546

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 126510 / Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken

Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Nominee
Award: Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award - Winner
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/15/2008 pg. 65
Booklist 10/15/2008 pg. 47
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2008 pg. 689
School Library Journal 11/01/2008 pg. 87
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2008
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
DiCamillo, Kate: -

Kate DiCamillo is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, winner of the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor Book; and The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award finalist. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Bliss, Harry: -

New York Times bestselling artist Harry Bliss is a cartoonist and cover artist for the New Yorker magazine. He is the author and illustrator of Bailey and Luke on the Loose and the illustrator of A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech, Which Would You Rather Be? by William Steig, Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, and Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo. His self-titled single panel gag cartoon Bliss appears in newspapers internationally. He lives in New Hampshire. You can visit him online at harrybliss.com.