Two-Headed Chicken: Beak to the Future

by Tom Angleberger, Tom Angleberger (Illustrator)

Overview

The two-headed chicken is back, with twice the adventure, twice the jokes, and a lot more heads (wait, did they just accidentally turn into a double-headed space snake?). Having lost the Astrocap™ somewhere in the multiverse, our intrepid hero dons the Timecap™ to scour the timestream, which looks a lot like broccoli, in search of it. But danger and drama await with every time-hopping POOZB! of the Timecap™, including hungry dinosaurs, fierce werewolves, poet Emily Dickinson, a fish with a mustache who wants to talk about feelings, and even the return of the chicken’s archenemy, Kernel Antlers, the shape-shifting moose! With lively art and quirky nods to history and literature, readers will be swept along for oodles of zany escapades—and brought into the book itself through games, puzzles, drawing activities, and even as a vital character. Tom Angleberger’s absurdist humor shines on every page of this nonstop ride.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536245189
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	09/17/2024
Series:	Two-Headed Chicken , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	131 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Tom Angleberger is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including the Origami Yoda series, which has sold millions of copies worldwide. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Cece Bell.
Tom Angleberger is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including the Two-Headed Chicken books and the Origami Yoda series, which has sold millions of copies worldwide. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Cece Bell.

Editorial Reviews

Among the infinite universes of the multiverse, anything is possible...even time travel. . . . The various antics and shenanigans are funny and well served by the dynamic art. Interactive pages create an extra level of engagement. . . Amusing.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-06-21
Among the infinite universes of the multiverse, anything is possible...even time travel.

The title character of Angleberger’s Two-Headed Chicken (2022) is back (or should we say beak?) and as unhinged as ever. The universe has turned inside out, the beginning of the book is the end, one of the previously dimwitted chicken heads is now a genius and has invented a time-traveling device called the Timecap, and the Astrocap (which allowed the chickens to travel to different universes) has been lost in the infinite possibilities that form the chronoverse. The chicken must attempt to travel through the past without irreparably damaging either the multiverse or the chronoverse. It’s about as convoluted as it sounds, though the story lacks the substance to make sense of that intricacy. Admittedly, this sequel has more of a coherent plot than its predecessor, and its numerous references are slightly more sophisticated. Familiar characters make appearances, with nearly enough background provided to allow this volume to stand alone. The various antics and shenanigans are funny and well served by the dynamic art. Interactive pages create an extra level of engagement, although they occasionally feel like desperate efforts to drum up enthusiasm.

Amusing but little else. (Graphic fiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews