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Going for the Bronze: Still Bitter, More Baggage

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This is the fun stuff: "Going for the Bronze: Still Bitter, More Baggage" by Sloane Tanen is a sequel to "Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same: The Life and Times of Some Chickens." This is a hilariously silly, irreverent little picture book of chicken peeps posed with miniature props in "human" settings.

Alongside the yellow chicks are tiny props such as food items, books, hats and cell phones. The brightly colored dioramas include cars, doll furniture and even a SWAT helicopter. Venues range from a coffee bar to the Grand Canyon. It's all a sort of bizarre cross between "Thomas the Tank Engine" and "Sex and the City."

This is NOT a children's book, as it features adult situations and language. The captions are just plain nutty. Some are subtle, some are outrageous, and at least one I didn't even understand. But they are so much fun!

I was thrilled to see a second book by Sloane Tanen, along the same lines as Bitter with Baggage, in the bookstore, recently. I immediately bought it, and as a last-minute thought, brought it along to my book club. Not only did it give us a light reprieve from our regular conversation, but some of the scenes that Tanen has artfully put together rang so close to home that we ended up talking about how we related to the pictures of fuzzy chicks, instead. (The urge to hang yourself after one too many conversations about a friend's baby's pooping habits, anyone?) We all enjoyed it very much, and it has turned out to be a great idea for holiday presents. I hope there will be a third book!

As funny as the first book! Being bitter was never so much fun.

I love Sloane Tanen's sense of humor and her wonderful chickens. I didn't think I could laugh harder than I did with the first book, but this one is every bit as funny, and in some cases funnier as it builds on a lot of the humor in Bitter With Baggage. Get both for xmas presents for your friends, then buy a handful of Where Is Coco Going? for your friends' toddlers. My 2 year old insists on reading it every night. These books also make excellent get well presents for sick friends as they are the perfect pick-me-ups.

Sloane Tanen has once again taken a clever and intimate look at life and presented it - with the return of her delightful chickens - in the best of all possible ways. How much more fun it is to learn these truths through her wit and charm. "Still Bitter" is the book to buy for anyone you know who needs to lighten up.

to become a movie star....it's only a matter of time before hollywood grabs these little guys and makes a huge bundle of
cash from their witty loveable world. Ms. Tanen's book is darker than the first one, edgier, as the chickens continue
their search for the perfect anecdote. I can't wait to see the movie. Hurry up and make it already.

I first fell in love with Sloane Tanen's work when I read the caption above the photo: "Samantha looked around the playground in amazement. Her mother had been right. She really WAS the smartest and the prettiest."

If you thought you had to give up picture books when you graduated from second grade, have I got a treat for you! Writer Sloane Tanen and photographer Stefan Hagen take those tiny little stuffed yellow chicks you can find at Easter and put them in wickedly funny scenarios in gorgeously detailed dioramas. This is the first book in the series BITTER WITH BAGGAGE SEEKS SAME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOME CHICKENS and it's both delightfully bitter and sunny-natured. And who can't relate to adorable little spoiled tyrant Coco who is rarely seen without her tiara and dreams "that one day she would grow up to be a benevolent queen...or a supermodel?"

The second book in the series--GOING FOR THE BRONZE: STILL BITTER, MORE BAGGAGE is equally hilarious. One of my favorite pages shows two chickens peering over the side of the Titanic while a chicken floats beneath them and one of them comments, "I don't know, the last thing he said was something about being king of the world and then I may have accidentally pushed him." No one is safe from the satire including Charles and Camilla, American Idol, and Hooters. And the photographs are so detailed that you can spend hours just noticing things in the background.

I should warn you that, due to a wee bit of naughty language, these picture books are for adults only, but Sloane Tanen has also written a children's book called COCO ALL YEAR ROUND. If you want your child to develop a deliciously dark and dysfunctional sense of humor right along with you, you can read them rhymes featuring the adorable Coco like "I walk down the street with my whole Girl Scout troop. It would have been fun had I not slipped in poop." (I'll spare you a description of the illustration on this one.)

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A followup to Sloane Tanen's earlier "Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same." This is also a hilarious look at the lives of adult females. Thanks to Sloane for these books!!! My college daughter and I laugh, laugh, laugh at these funny, situations and how Sloane has captured them perfectly with the help of some fuzzy little chicks!!!!

What a great follow-up to Bitter with Baggage. This is the kind of book that you can pick up over and over again and find new humor. Very excited about the timing of the book release and plan on giving it out as Holiday gifts. I can hardly wait for the next one.....

I'm a HUGE fan of Bitter with Baggage, and was thrilled when the sequel finally arrived. I'm happy to say it's even funnier than the first book. The humour is a little darker too, which I love. CAN'T WAIT for the next one!