Recipe for Revenge (Thunder Cluck! Chicken of Thor) by Paul Tillery and Meg Wittwer, 215 pages. Roaring Book Press (Macmillan), 2019, $15.
Content G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL.
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Thunder Cluck is back for book two, and “Adventure’s back on the menu!” That said, Thundercluck and Brunhilde have lost a library book and have until its due date to find and return it or be banished from Asgard. Apparently Odin takes losing a library book harder than losing a Valkyrie, because Brunhilde is also banned from using her magic as punishment until it’s returned. So the two begin their library book recovery adventure, and battle giant ants and evil, learning about friendship as they go.
If you like quirky humor, this book is fun. The illustrations compliment it nicely. If you’ve ever had a pet you wished was your sidekick in adventure (other than a dog), maybe you can relate, though a basic understanding of Norse mythology may be helpful for young readers. A little over the top and simplistic in places, I could see this being made into a cartoon series.
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