The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure

by Doreen Cronin

Cronin, D. (2014). The chicken squad: The first misadventure. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

When Tail, the not-so-brave squirrel storms into the coop exclaiming that there is something big and scary after him in the yard, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar are immediately on the case.  After much probing, and teaching Tail some new shapes in the process, the clever chicks determine that what Tail must have seen is a UFO.  Since squirrels are common, boring and ordinary, the chicks also deduce that the UFO must be after them and worry because their mother, Moosh, is out in the yard!  With some spit and grass clippings for disguise, and armed with some pebbles and a water hose, the chicks wage war against the "chicken stealing aliens."  Large font and short paragraphs make this 2016 Bluebonnet Award nominee an excellent early chapter book.

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