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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780060755546
ISBN: 0060755547
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 56
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Sales Rank: 24152
Studio: HarperCollins
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Product Description:
She longed for adventure.
So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world.
The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar.
Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . .
She was brave.
She was fearless.
She was feathered.
She was a chicken.
A not-so-chicken chicken.
Her name?
Amazon.com Review:
She longed for adventure.
So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world.
The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar.
Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . .
She was brave.
She was fearless.
She was feathered.
She was a chicken.
A not-so-chicken chicken.
Her name?
A Look Inside Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken (Click on Images to Enlarge)
 |  | | Louise Meets Some Pirates | Louise Meets a Fortune Teller | Questions for Kate DiCamillo
Amazon.com: Tell us about Louise--how is she so brave? What do you do when you’re feeling a little bit chicken?
Kate Dicamillo: When I think of Louise, the words that come to mind are insouciant and unflappable. I suppose that when all is said and done, she is brave. But she's also kind of, um, *clueless.* As for me, when I am feeling afraid, I squawk and flap my wings and run around in circles and then I go ahead and try to do the thing that I'm pretty sure I can't do.
Amazon.com: I know pirates don't keep very good records, but have you found any historical evidence of chickens adventuring with pirates?
Dicamillo: Yes, it's true, pirates don't keep great records. But there are several diaries of chickens that have survived through the ages and they paint a quite colorful (and detailed (and sometimes horrifiying)) picture of the many adventures that chickens have had with pirates. I refererred to these diaries when I was doing my research. They were written in chicken scratch; it was slow going.
Amazon.com: If Louise, Despereaux, and Mercy Watson went on an adventure together, what do you think would happen?
Dicamillo: Wow, there's a picture . . . let's see. I can envision Louise standing on Mercy's back and Despereaux perched on Louise's head. *Anything* could happen, I suppose. And would. But I'm sure that whatever happened, it would involve toast, hot air balloons, cluelessness and Despereaux ultimately saving the day.
Amazon.com: This is your first collaboration with Harry Bliss. Did you have his style in mind when you wrote the story, or did you join up with him afterward?
Dicamillo: When I wrote Louise, I didn't have a particular illustrator in mind. But the chicken (the whole world!) that Harry has brought to life in this book has delighted and humbled me. He's a genius.
Amazon.com: You've written award-winning books for kids of every age. Do you tell a different kind of story for each age, or do you think all kids find the same elements appealing?
Dicamillo: I don't think about what age the story is for or who or why. I just try to tell a story that makes me happy, one that makes me laugh, or cry; I try to tell a story that makes me glad to be here.
Kate DiCamillo is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, winner of the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor Book; and The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award finalist. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I have been a huge DiCamillo fan for many years but, Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken is a huge disappointment. The book reads like a choppy, dry, disjointed work produced by a middle schooler. Please stick to your beautiful and well-developed chapter books, Ms. DiCamillo.
Rating:  -
Reviewed by Simon Smith (age 9) for Reader Views (10/08)
I think you would really enjoy this book because it is a unique story. It is a large picture book with small but exciting chapters. The endpapers have a beautiful gold and white plant design. The artwork is very good and looks half realistic--faces are one of the artist's strengths.
Louise has three adventures: one at sea with pirates, one in the circus, and one in India. In chapter two, which is called "Louise ... Read More
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In this book Kate DiCamillo -- Newbery Winner and National Book Award finalist -- joins forces with Harry Bliss -- award winning illustrator of "Diary of a Worm" and the New Yorker magazine-- to produce a lighthearted book about a hen that longs for adventure, and gets it!
Those familiar with Kate DiCamillo know that while her books appear to be fables for young children, that they often have a dark side that makes them better targeted to the middle school and up crowd. With "Louise" however, ... Read More
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When you're young, it still feels like anything can and might happen to you. Adventures peek out from under the horizon, big and fantastical ones that could make you feel more in control of your own destiny, more seasoned as a person, or like you're having more fun than you would be just sitting at home.
Louise is like that. She's a chicken who wants to experience "true adventure" and leaves home to discover what it really is. Her adventures are familiar in theory (pirates, the circus, faraway ... Read More
Rating:  -
After Edward Tulane, DiCamillo's work has not been that great. Like she's in a churning-it-out slump. DiCamillo's been aided by wonderful illustrators for her picture books, but Louise (like Great Joy and the Mercy Watson series) is not the best picture book that has ever come along. After being on display in my school library for over a week, it still hasn't been checked out. Edward and Despereaux have been checked out. Stick with writing books of substance with characters of substance, like Edward, and ... Read More
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