Overview
A Super Bowl-sized game day treat!
The animals of Nuthatcher Farm are gathering to watch the big football game on TV and Rooster knows the perfect game time snack: buffalo wings! But when he misreads the recipe, Rooster heads west in search of REAL buffalo wings. After finding many wing-less buffalo, Rooster decides to bring home new friends and new recipes instead. This delicious road trip is a read-aloud favorite.
“This latest culinary misadventure will likewise provoke equal quantities of laughter and saliva, even in non-football fans.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Youngsters will enjoy this funny follow-up to Chicks and Salsa . . . a robust romp, generously spiced with child appeal.” —School Library Journal
Synopsis
On the day of the big game at Nuthatcher Farm, Rooster is sure that buffalo wings would be the perfect snack for the football-watching frenzy. But Rooster doesn't quite follow the directions, and before you can say "touchdown!" he is heading west in search of a certain missing ingredient. Rooster's quest is full of surprises, unexpected adventures, and of course, the perfect ending to his road-trip saga—the ultimate snack for his football fiesta.
This mouthwatering follow-up to the read-aloud favorite Chicks and Salsa is told with flavor and flair by Aaron Reynolds, while Paulette Bogan's scrumptious illustrations will make tummies of all ages grumble for more.
Children's Literature
Like its companion book, Chicks and Salsa, this barnyard send-up is a snacker's delight. It invites kids to laugh out loud at the story and cook up some stories of their own to go with favorite snacks as a creative writing exercise. In this one, everybody at Nuthatcher Farm is gathering to watch football and eat themselves silly. The ducks are bringing quackamole. The pigs are bringing nachos. Rooster wants to bring buffalo wings and sets out to get some—from the buffalo. But then he rereads his recipe and finds that in addition to garlic, vinegar, ketchup, and hot sauce the vital missing ingredient is derived from body parts of his close relatives! He slinks back to the wide-screen TV and shares chuck-wagon chili, pizza with pineapple, onion rings, and jalapeno hush puppies with his friends. The endpaper has a recipe for buffalo-free buffalo wings (which do contain chicken wings however) that will encourage all readers to start cooking up reading. The inside front cover has a recipe for Halftime Jalapeno Hush Puppies that pack a punch too. For more ideas, go to www.cookingupreading.com where you will find 500+ recipes that go with your favorite picture books. Reviewer: Gwynne Spencer
Editorials
Children's Literature
In the barnyard, the animals prepare to watch the big football game on TV. Some snacks are ready, but rooster is hankering for one with “plenty of kick.” Skimming the recipe for buffalo wings while making the sauce, he realizes that he needs to find a buffalo. Heading west, he finds no buffalo wherever he stops. On the way home, he finally spots a herd of buffalo, but there is not a wing among them. Re-reading the recipe, he realizes it is chicken wings he needs! Meanwhile, the buffalo invite him to join their game-watching party, where he particularly enjoys their jalapeno hush puppies. He takes both buffalo and hush puppies back with him for the climactic, first-ever Nuthatcher Farm football game, with delicious snacks galore. The zany text is peppered with word play and food fascination. Bogan creates rather gross watercolor images of her anthropomorphic cast; her audacious imagination gives us a testosterone-filled rooster and overwhelmingly intense buffalo. Double pages overflow with action. A mouse with sunglasses, not in the text, adds to the slapstick humor. Recipes for the wings and hush puppies appear on the endpages, as does the disclaimer: “No chickens, buffalo, or puppies were harmed in the making of this book.” Reviewer: Ken Marantz and Sylvia MarantzChildren's Literature -
Like its companion book, Chicks and Salsa, this barnyard send-up is a snacker's delight. It invites kids to laugh out loud at the story and cook up some stories of their own to go with favorite snacks as a creative writing exercise. In this one, everybody at Nuthatcher Farm is gathering to watch football and eat themselves silly. The ducks are bringing quackamole. The pigs are bringing nachos. Rooster wants to bring buffalo wings and sets out to get some—from the buffalo. But then he rereads his recipe and finds that in addition to garlic, vinegar, ketchup, and hot sauce the vital missing ingredient is derived from body parts of his close relatives! He slinks back to the wide-screen TV and shares chuck-wagon chili, pizza with pineapple, onion rings, and jalapeno hush puppies with his friends. The endpaper has a recipe for buffalo-free buffalo wings (which do contain chicken wings however) that will encourage all readers to start cooking up reading. The inside front cover has a recipe for Halftime Jalapeno Hush Puppies that pack a punch too. For more ideas, go to www.cookingupreading.com where you will find 500+ recipes that go with your favorite picture books. Reviewer: Gwynne SpencerSchool Library Journal
K-Gr 3
Youngsters will enjoy this funny follow-up to Chicks and Salsa (Bloomsbury, 2005). The animals on Nuthatcher Farm are getting set to watch the big football game: "The ducks dished up their famous quackamole. The pigs piled a platter knee-keep with nachos. And the horses heisted Farmer Nuthatcher's TV." But that isn't enough for the rooster, who has "a hankering for a game-time snack with plenty of kick" and finds a recipe for buffalo wings. Off-beat humor pulls this zany story along as the rooster heads west in search of the missing ingredient, finds a herd of buffalo only to ascertain that it is "completely wing-free," and discovers, to his horror, that what he really needs are chicken wings. The resolution is silly but satisfying. The illustrations are bold, colorful, and hilarious, featuring animated expressions and amusing situations. The spreads are peppered with humorous visual details. Recipes for Halftime Jalapeño Hush Puppies and Buffalo-Free Buffalo Wings are appended along with the disclaimer: "No chickens, buffalo, or puppies were harmed in the making of this book." A robust romp, generously spiced with child appeal.
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