Chicken in Space

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy Library, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 6, 2016

Review

Zoey the chicken dreams big and when she gets an idea, she makes it happen. Now, she wants to travel to outer space. Her friend Sam the pig just wants to eat pie. Sam agrees to accompany Zoey on her attempt to get to space, and the two do find success as they travel in a basket into what they call space due to Zoey's positive outlook and vivid imagination. Young readers will laugh at Sam's yearning for pie and at the fact that *they* know Zoey and Sam are not really in outer space. And they will cheer for how far they do make it (and the pie that waits for Sam at the end of the adventure). Digital illustrations perfectly capture the heart of this persistent, adventurous chicken and her first mate. Hopefully, there will be additional Zoey and Sam stories!

Overall Book Score: very good