Monday, January 17, 2022

Gladys the Magic Chicken by Adam Rubin and Adam Rex - ESSENTIAL

Gladys the Magic Chicken by Adam Rubin and Adam Rex
. Putnam (Penguin), 2021. $19. 9780593325605 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

Gladys the Chicken may or may not grant wishes. But situations around her do get very exciting. Follow her from her humble beginnings as the companion to a lonely shepherd, through the Palace of the Purple Poo-bah, and back around to her shepherd. 

I needed a second reading to see the charm in Gladys’ story and to succumb to the absurdity of this new “ancient” story. It just gets better with re-readings - especially Gladys’s propensity to plop out an egg in any situation. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS 

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