Designed for children learning to read, this book retells Chicken Licken in natural language with repeated phrases to help children develop the confidence to read alone. Level Two is suitable for children who are familiar with some simple words and can read short sentences with help.
This book is part of a book series called Read It Yourself .
. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Penguin Books Ltd .
Sandra Gilbert Brug was for twenty years a teacher, director and advocate in the field of early childhood education, and she now works full-time as a poet and children's librarian. She lives with her family in Montana, US. Elisabeth Moseng was born and raised near Oslo, Norway, studied at the School of Communication Arts in Oslo, and received her BA from Kingston University, London. She shares an art studio with nine other illustrators in the centre of Oslo, where she now lives.
This book contains the following story:
Henny Penny
A nut falls on Chicken Licken's head and he is convinced that the sky is falling down and he must warn the king. On his way to the palace he meets Henny Penny, Goosey Loosey, Cocky Locky, Ducky Lucky and Drakey Lakey, who all decide to accompany him to warn the king. But then the animals meet Foxy Loxy who lures them to his den. Will the birds escape the fox and fulfill their quest, or will Foxey Loxey eat them up for tea?