Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise: (Funny Read Aloud Childrens Picture Book About Surprises, Fairy Tales, and Storytelling for Kids Ages 4-8)

Surprise! The little red chicken is back — and as endearingly silly as ever — in David Ezra Stein’s follow-up to the Caldecott Honor–winning Interrupting Chicken.

It’s homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant of surprise. Or could it be an element of surprise (as her amused papa explains)? As they dive in to story after story, looking for the part that makes a reader say “Whoa! I didn’t know that was going to hap...