Customer Reviews

Souperchicken

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I bought this book several years ago to read to my students. They all love hearing the story. It's a perfect book to get students interested in reading. It's also a good reader for helping students on comprehension.
The story has several scenarios that demonstrate reasons for the need for learning to read. It is fun and helps keep students stay on track.
I ordered this book in large quantities through Amazon and awarded them as prizes for those who reached reading goals.
I highly recommend this book for teachers and parents who want to help kids get an interest in reading.

Adults can enjoy this story as much as children. The plot centers on a chicken who likes to read more than she likes to lay eggs. Her relatives, who cannot read and consider reading a waste of time, are duped into getting onto the truck bound for the soup factory because they can't read the company sign on the truck's side. Souperchicken, the inveterate reader, to the rescue! While the story is very easy for young readers and listeners to understand, the word-play is clever enough to keep adults interested too.

This is "Chicken Run" with a vegetarian lecture on the side. Absolutely adorable illustrations make this a bit more palatable (I meant to do that). Emphasizes the importance of learning to read, and of persistence in the face of insurmountable obstacles.

Souper Chicken is an excellent narrative for teaching reading skills while having fun with the personnas of the characters.
It's theme, readers are better informed and less likely to be taken in by
dubious schemes.
It is entertaiing, the artwork is descriptive and colorful.

Great story, lots of fun, and great illustrations. This is truly Auch's best picture book. Thank you Ms. Auch!

"Henrietta slipped through a door and started reading the signs in the hallway. 'Holding Room, Beheading Room, Plucking Room . . . "

My 5-year-old son brought this book home from the school library, and I was horrified that a book geared for Kindergarteners would be this graphic and controversial. Totally inappropriate content for young children. Our kids will have their entire lives to learn about and decide on the issues of our time. Must they be bombarded with ugly, gruesome content so early in life?

And not to give away the ending, but really, they find sanctuary on a Vegan farm and live out their lives eating bugs in a big organic vegetable garden? What about the bugs rights?

Perhaps in their next book the Auch's can further their chicken-cause with a tale of the horrors of cockfighting?

Now pass the chicken nuggets!