The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Varon, Sara

Chicken and Cat Clean Up

48 pp. | Scholastic | March, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-439-63408-3 $16.99

(2) K-3 Chicken's Housekeeping Services has a problem: it's Cat, Chicken's best friend/assistant. After a series of mishaps, Cat is banished to the front stoop--but when one door closes, another opens. In Chicken and Cat's second wordless offering, comics artist Varon's easy-to-interpret pictures clearly tell the story. Panel illustrations alternate with full-page scenes; warm, subdued colors and expressive lines add an urbane flair.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2009