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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency Paperback – September 25, 2007

by Daniel Pinkwater (Author), Tony Auth (Illustrator)
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Product Details

  • Age Range: 6 - 9 years
  • Grade Level: 1 - 4
  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Aladdin; Reprint edition (September 25, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416928103
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416928102
  • Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsBIG Chicken Story!
By Roz Levine on October 8, 2000
Format: Paperback
Arthur Bobowicz of Hoboken, New Jersey is given $16.00 and the important task of buying this year's Thanksgiving turkey, a really big one, since the entire family will be coming for Thanksgiving dinner. But when he gets to the meat market, there are no turkeys left...no chickens or ducks or fowl of any kind. As he walks the streets trying to figure out what to do, he comes across a sign in an apartment house window, Professor Mazzocchi Inventor of the Chicken System, and thinks to himself that this looks promising. The Professor tells him he's in luck, takes his money, hands him a large chicken and slams the door yelling, "No refunds!" Unfortunately, what Arthur is holding is not a dinner chicken, but a 266 pound, live chicken wearing a leash, named Henrietta. So begins the Hoboken Chicken Emergency. And when Henrietta gets loose, the real fun begins. Daniel Pinkwater has written a very imaginative, funny, absurd story that's just perfect for 9 and 10 year olds. With fast paced scenes and hilarious story events, your youngsters will be laughing out loud while turning pages to the very end. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency is a classic and a tall tale that's not to be missed.
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5.0 out of 5 starsChickens Need Our Love!
A Kid's Review on February 13, 2001
Format: Paperback
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency was a really good book. It is a good book for third grade and up to read on their own. It takes place in Hoboken, New Jersey around Thanksgiving. It's about a boy named Arthur who goes to look for a turkey for Thanksgiving. The problem comes when he can't find one. Instead he ends up getting a 266 pound chicken named Henrietta. Arthur tries to keep the chicken as a pet but it runs away. Henrietta (the chicken) feels unwanted and creates diasters all over town. Read the book to find out what happens next. We thought the book was hilarious, funny, and exciting. We are nine and ten years old and we liked the book alot!
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency
By not4prophet on April 9, 2005
Format: Paperback
At the start of "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency", we learn that no one in the Bobowicz family likes turkey, but they eat one on Thanksgiving anyway because that's what you're supposed to do on Thanksgiving. This is our first clue that Mr. Pinkwater is on the trail of something more than a farce about colossal rampaging poultry. This is a novel of ideas, one that's intended to pry into young minds and make them question their assumptions.

Later in the book, we get a political scandal. The mayor of the town hires Tony, an out-of-town chicken-catching expert. He looks legit, and he talks big, but can Tony actually deliver what he promises? If children take the lesson of this chapter to heart, they'll be better prepared for a world full of cons and scam artists. And who can argue with that? Come to think of it, most adults I know could also use such preparation as well.

Children's literature is in a low, with nonsense like the "Captain Underpants" series that does little more than reward kids for being vulgar and boorish. "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" is one example of an author standing against the current. It's appropriate for all ages.
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3.0 out of 5 starsWhen a Giant Chicken Falls Flat
By Gillian M. Kendall on August 25, 2000
Format: Paperback
Before I ordered this book, I read the reviews. I bcame convinced this must be a zany, funny book -- just the thing for my children. So I went ahead and ordered not *The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" only, but a volume of novels by Pinkwater. Oh, well. It's only money (though it could have been better spent elsewhere).
*The Hoboken Chicken Emergency* does have a wonderful premise and some satire as well (hence my pleasure at reading its reviews). I suppose it also has lessons to be learned about fearing the unknown -- but didacticism is not enough to make a good book. Nothing covers up for the fact that this book just plain isn't very good -- not for a modern child to read. I knew I was in trouble when I began reading it aloud to my son: each sentence had a dying fall, and the wit was strained, not spontaneous and fetching. "What am I getting into," I thought. Henrietta the chicken is lost and Henrietta is found, but the whole thing was a contest to see if I could finish the book before my child rebelled -- or I did.
Sad to say, this book shows its age. Some of the writing, too, needs polish. If you are tempted to buy this self-consciously zany book, buy *I Was a Rat* instead. *I Was a Rat* is all heart. *The Hoboken Chicken Emergency* is all lumpy prose. I'm hoping for better things with the other Pinkwater volumes I purchased, but we shall have to see. I love older rediscovered books, but this one doesn't work. Children expect more depth of story, not just cleverness at the expense of story. I'm very sure readers have fond memories of this book, but memory alone cannot bring the book alive for a modern audience. Give *The Hoboken Chicken Emergency* a pass, and go for a funny book that's meaty with heart and soul.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great introduction to the fantastic world of Pinkwater.
By A Customer on February 9, 1997
Format: Turtleback
This short tale of a kid in Hoboken is a great introduction to the fantastic world of Pinkwater, on par with his classic Fat Men From Space. Juvinile and zany, but with classic themes and deft efficiency of prose that will be appreciated outside of the targeted elementary age group. Illustrated by the author, with the same blunt and juvinile, and at once refined, efficiency of his literature
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Cute story.

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Hilarious book, read it as a kid and bought it for my nephew.

Published 5 months ago by Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsexcellent delivery time

Item arrived as advertised, excellent delivery time.

Published 5 months ago by Anon
4.0 out of 5 starsFun pre-Thanksgiving book for kids 2rd-5th grade.

This is a great book that I would read to my students the weeks before Thanksgiving. Typical Manus Pinkwater, crazy and fun.

Published 12 months ago by Bob Reavis
5.0 out of 5 starsMy five year old daughter loved this, and was very invested in the...

My five year old daughter loved this, and was very invested in the fate of Henrietta, the chicken in the title.

Published 17 months ago by Paul P
5.0 out of 5 starsLoved it

Funny delightful and loved by my son.
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Published 20 months ago by Sonja J. George
4.0 out of 5 starsFun book!

My children (11, 5 and 3) loved reading it. I grew up watching the movie and knew they would enjoy it. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Jennifer Shoemaker
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One of Pinkwater's best. This is a must read for every 10 year old with a sense of humor. Actually, it also entertains the adult who happens upon it. Read more

Published on September 29, 2013 by M. Knapp
5.0 out of 5 starsFun read for the whole family

We raise chickens in SC. A friend found this book somewhere and sent it to us as a joke.

But the story is really cute, a fast read, and has something in it for... Read more

Published on April 10, 2012 by Donna Fitzgerald
5.0 out of 5 starsPinkwater at his best, and that's saying something

I really enjoy Pinkwater's heroes - they are always calm, self-reliant, not easily rattled, and street wise beyond their years. They may be lumpy or dumpy, but boy can they cope. Read more

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