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Auch, Mary Jane

The Plot Chickens

32 pp. | Holiday | March, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2087-2 $16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Herm Auch & Mary Jane Auch. Henrietta, Souperchicken's punning hen star, finds writing so "eggshilarating" that she vows to get a book published. Following an amusingly daffy all-chicken brainstorming session, the story takes an adult-geared detour, parodying the cruelties of the publishing world (the "Corn" Book Magazine is not spared), before coming back around. The illustrations are a discombobulating marriage of oil paintings and digital technology.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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