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Starred Review on September 1, 2011 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS-Gr 2—Blue Chicken wasn't always blue. When she was created in an artist's studio, she was a bright white, as she should be. But then she decides that she wants to help finish the picture by painting the barn. She climbs right out of the painting and onto the edge of a paint container. Shockingly, it topples over, splashing blue paint all over her and onto the other animals. She is sorry, so sorry and she tries to undo the mishap. She intentionally tips over the rinse water and is...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
An almost-finished watercolor picture of a bucolic farm scene is the setting for some fowl high jinks when one of the chickens pops out of the picture and tries to help. But the unseen painter (who might be the same person as the narrator, or might not) has made one critical mistake -- leaving the lid off the blue paint jar. Our curious little chicken upends the paint, covering herself and the picture, bathing everyt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
An almost-finished watercolor picture of a farm is the setting for some fowl high jinks when one of the chickens pops ou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More