Customer Reviews

Max's Chocolate Chicken (Max and Ruby)

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1 star:		(2)

 

 

I absolutely love this book. I am in school to be a teacher and found this book while doing a project and read it ten times. I laugh out loud each time I read it, it just gets better and better.

This book was so cute! It reminded me so much of me and my one sister. I used to always find her candy and sneak a piece or two (she took forever to eat hers!). My sisters and I all love each other and we're extremely close. Kids will be kids and have their little antics--that's what gives us times to look back on. It is also what makes us so close to each other. This book is one we read every single day during the Easter Season!

My children asked me to read Max's Chocolate Chicken to them over and over. Max being Max, and a toddler to boot,charms his way out of trouble again.

I asked my children if what Max did was fair. They didn't think so, but understood that simple toddler urge to get that candy chicken and gobble it down.

I plan to send a copy to my 45-year-old sister as a reminder of all the chocolate chickens we shared as kids.

The best part about this book is realizing -- after several readings -- how Ruby, the older sister, tries to manipulate her little brother by telling him he has to win an egg hunt to win the chocolate chicken. But of course, big sister gets humbled (and her own chocolate chicken) in the end.
This book is my kids' favorite Max and Ruby book, but they are all good, especially Bunny Cakes.

This is the only book in the series that I've read and while my daughter seems to like it, my wife and I find it indescribably creepy. The Easter Bunny is kind of bizarre and looks like the kind of person you should NOT accept candy from. Max is disobedient and his sister is arrogant. If there's a character here that we should like, I'm not seeing it. The illustrations aren't cute, they're just sort of... off.

This is a very cute book to share for easter. The story is cute, easy for toddlers to follow and enjoy! Max books are always a 'hit' with my two yr old!

..thinks her younger brother has stolen the only chocolate chicken!! I can imagine little brothers acting just like Max. Another my daughter loves to have read to her.

"Max's Chocolate Chicken" is another favorite Rosemary Wells book of mine. It's simple and funny, so entertaining and beautifully drawn.
Max and Ruby are on an egg hunt. Whoever gets the most eggs, gets the chocolate chicken. But when Ruby spies the chicken is missing, why does she go search for Max?
Max doesn't surprise us and that's why we love him so much.
Great book, as usual!

I had problems with this story on many levels. I recognize the book is intended to let kids identify with their 'mischievous' side, which is well and good. It seems odd, however, that at Easter, when we are celebrating One who, because of His great love for us, made the ultimate sacrifice, a story is written that appears to condone selfishness, stealing and unkind behavior. While I know that the story can be used as an opportunity to discuss Max's decisions, the lack of accountability just left me cold. I cannot recommend it.

My newly turned 3 year old LOVES this book! He got it fromt the Easter Bunny along with a Max doll and a Max and Ruby DVD. He loves the show and I've had to read this book over and over again.