The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Teague, Mark

The Sky Is Falling!

32 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | July, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-63217-1 $16.99

(2) K-3 This twist begins with the acorn hitting Chicken Little and her refrain about the sky falling. The chickens get so worked up that they burst into...dance (the other animals show obvious scorn). Good-sized illustrations develop the text's wry humor, capturing the chickens' wild-eyed dithering and showing Fox lurking until he's goaded into dancing--and a falling apple knocks him out. Chicken Little deserves more credit.

Reviewer: Julie Roach | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015