AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Deborah Freedman
PUBLISHER:
Viking Juvenile
READING LEVEL:
5-8years
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
This book makes imagination run wild. The story goes there is a drawing ready
to be complete, and the chicken wants to paint the barn in the picture blue,
but instead spills the bottle and ends up painting the entire picture blue
including her. The story continues with the ducks helping the chicken fixing
her mistake and making the picture back the way it was.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students could have small group discussion to come up with key
recalled details from story and be able to describe those details in the
sequence order that details happened in the story.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jennifer Bacon – Valdosta State University
