Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise

<b>Surprise! The little red chicken is back &#151; and as endearingly silly as ever &#151; in David Ezra Stein&#146;s follow-up to the Caldecott Honor&#150;winning <i>Interrupting Chicken.</i></b><br><br>It&#146;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 &#147;Whoa! I didn&#146;t know <i>that </i>was going to happen&#148; Papa is sure he can convince Chicken he&#146;s right. After all there are definitely<i> </i>no elephants in &#147;The Ugly Duckling&#148; &#147;Rapunzel&#148; or &#147;The Little Mermaid&#148; &#151; 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.