Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile

About this book

Mrs. Chicken has to think fast to outwit hungry Crocodile who wants to eat her for dinner. One morning Mrs. Chicken took her bath in a puddle. "Cluck cluck " she said proudly. "What a pretty chicken I am!" Mrs. Chicken cant see her wings in the puddle so she walks down to the river where she can admire all of herself. She doesnt know that Crocodile is there waiting for dinnerand a tasty chicken would do nicely! To save herself Mrs. Chicken tells Crocodile that they are sisters. But how can a speckled chicken and a green-skinned crocodile be related? Mrs. Chicken had better prove that they are and fast because Crocodile is getting hungrier . . . The authors and illustrator of Head Body Legs join together to create another lively retelling of a popular African folktale. Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile is a 2004 Bank Street Best Childrens Book of the Year.