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Squawking Matilda

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Hello, everyone! Meet Matilda, Mae, and Cat, three characters in my new picturebook, "Squawking Matilda". Taking care of a chicken isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Lisa Horstman's SQUAWKING MATILDA tells of a scrappy chicken with an attitude. Nothing's quick or easy with Matilda involved in affecting the results of a host of projects in this zany, fun story. An excellent addition to any picturebook collection.

Growing up on a farm offers all sorts of unusual opportunities for mischief, and young Mae's latest project is creating a wardrobe for her molting pet chicken, Matilda. That is, if she can focus her attention on this task long enough to finish it. Squawking Matilda is a delightful bucolic adventure created by children's author/illustrator Lisa Horstman. (Disclosure: This review is being written by one of the her proud older sisters.) Using a technique reminiscent of Dare Wright's "Lonely Doll" books, the artist poses and photographs dimensional models of her characters but digitally enhances them in a range of colorfully illustrated backgrounds. The effect is distinctive and charming. The facial expressions are a visual treat (have you ever seen a haughty hen?) and the details in the hand-made costumes are captivating (Matilda's jacket is a funky favorite). Squawking Matilda is a unique creative achievement destined to be a classic--on or off the farm.