School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-The chickens think the sky is falling, so they begin to do all sorts of dances. The other farm animals know that it's just an acorn falling out of a tree, but they join in the dancing, too. When the hungry fox that caused all the commotion (he hit the acorn with a slingshot) sees the others dancing, he accepts the chickens' dance challenge. Teague's squaking chickens are priceless, as is their line dancing, one claw raised and beaks wide open. Cats, rabbits, and squirrels look on in disbelief as the birds contine to do the moonwalk, mambo, and twist. This distraction saves their lives and proves to the other animals that chickens are smart after all. VERDICT A laugh-out-loud version of the classic tale.-Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, AB, Canada © Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
A lurking fox gets his comeuppance during a barnyard dance party in Teague's absurdity-driven take on "Chicken Little." With visions of chicken dinner on his mind, Fox uses a slingshot to knock an acorn from a tree, causing it to fall on Chicken Little's head. She immediately sounds the familiar warning that the sky is falling, but instead of running away, she busts a move and encourages her friends to join her. After watching the animals moonwalk, mambo, and form a boisterous conga line, Fox tries to lure the revelers to his den, "the perfect place to hide" from a falling sky. Instead, the chickens taunt Fox into cutting a rug with them ("He did the limbo, the lindy, and the lambada") until an apple falls onto his head-thanks to Chicken Little. Readers may be just as perplexed as Fox is about why the chickens respond to theoretical doom with dance numbers, but Teague's comically detailed images of a waltzing cat and rabbit, as well as the chickens wing-to-wing in a Rockettes-style kick line, will conjure lots of laughs. Ages 3-5. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.