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Overview
SOMETHING'S FOWL IN HOBOKEN.
When Arthur Bobowicz is sent out to bring home the family's Thanksgiving turkey, he returns instead with Henrietta — a 266 pound chicken with a mind of her own. Feathers fly when this colossal clucker descends upon Hoboken, New Jersey. Thus begins the hilarious hen-tastic tall tale that has kept readers in stitches since Henrietta first pecked her way onto the scene in 1977.
Revised with brand new illustrations by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Auth, this new edition of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency will have readers crowing so hard with laughter, they may just lay an egg!
Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 260-pound chicken.
Synopsis
When Arthur Bobowicz is sent out to bring home the family's Thanksgiving turkey, he returns instead with Henrietta -- a 266 pound chicken with a mind of her own. Feathers fly when this colossal clucker descends upon Hoboken, New Jersey. Thus begins the hilarious hen-tastic tall tale that has kept readers in stitches since Henrietta first pecked her way onto the scene in 1977.
Revised with brand new illustrations by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Auth, this new edition of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency will have readers crowing so hard with laughter, they may just lay an egg!
Children's Literature
Good news for fowl lovers! Pinkwater's shaggy tall chicken tale is back in print. Not only that, but it's been modestly revised and updated (the characters now use e-mail addresses rather than cable), and Pinkwater's original illustrations have been replaced--in profusion--with bold new art by his wife Jill. All of this tinkering only compliments the original story. At heart, it's still the warm tale of the love of a boy (Arthur Bobowicz), for his two hundred sixty-six pound pet chicken (Henrietta). Will his family and the people of Hoboken keep these two apart? Will the villainous chicken hunter Anthony De Palma succeed in his nefarious scheme to ensnare Henrietta? Teachers of slow (and fast) readers take note--it's time to return Pinkwater to the classrooms.