Author - Bruce McMillan
Illustrator - Gunnella
Publisher - Houghton Mifflin Books, 2005.
Page #'s - 32
Rating - 3.5/5
The Problem with Chickens is a picture book that can be found on the PBS kids website. The book is read to you and shown in a video screen. The pictures are made more animated on the video. They are also zoomed in on and out. The text on each page is highlighted as the reader tells the story. This particular story is about how some chickens begin to act too much like ladies. The ladies of the village have to trick the chickens so they will lay eggs again.
This format of storytelling is a great alternative to a traditional book. It is great because the book is read to you and highlighted as it is read. The pictures also become a little more fun because they are slightly animated. The downfall is that you do not have the book in your hands, and you have to stare at a computer screen. The PBS website does not allow the video to become very large either, and it is a little difficult to see. I would recommend this type of literature to be mixed in with traditional reading. The story was cute, though I would have liked to see it larger.
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