![]() ![]() The pictures are busy, with Henrietta at her typewriter while her friends cavort around her. Of course, all the children heard was BUK, BUK, BUK." The illustrations, a combination of oil paints and digital technology, are bold and colorful. Henrietta gets another rejection: "odoriferous." Then she wanders into the library at storytime and sees that her book was chosen best of the year by the children. She takes a copy to her librarian, who tells her to send it to The Corn Book Magazine for review. When it is rejected by a publisher, Henrietta decides to self-publish. Kindergarten-Grade 2-Henrietta the chicken, star of Souperchicken (Holiday House, 2003), is an avid library user and decides that because reading is so much fun, "writing books must be eggshilarating." She finds a manual of writing rules and creates her own story-with the unsolicited help of the other fowl. ![]()
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