(3) 1-3 In the second person, an omniscient narrator addresses an exuberant brown-haired girl with a blond younger brother. She's determined to adopt a pig, so this step-by-step guide helps them acquire one with "potential"--and convince their mom to let them keep it. Colored-pencil, watercolor, and ink illustrations amp up the mayhem in this goofy, tongue-in-cheek manual, laid out over six chapters ideal for newly independent readers.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

(3) 1-3 Kung Pow Chicken series. Second-grade chick Gordon Blue and his younger (not-yet-fully-hatched) brother Benny are accidentally dipped into a vat of toxic sludge that transforms them into superheroes. In these openers, the pair must save Fowladelphia from two different villains. Jam-packed with poultry puns, this transitional series uses language appropriately challenging for emerging readers while retaining a comfort level with a hybrid of traditional and comic full-color illustrations. Review covers these Kung Pow Chicken titles: Bok! Bok! Boom! and Let's Get Cracking!.

Reviewer: Pam Yosca

(3) 1-3 Kung Pow Chicken series. Second-grade chick Gordon Blue and his younger (not-yet-fully-hatched) brother Benny are accidentally dipped into a vat of toxic sludge that transforms them into superheroes. In these openers, the pair must save Fowladelphia from two different villains. Jam-packed with poultry puns, this transitional series uses language appropriately challenging for emerging readers while retaining a comfort level with a hybrid of traditional and comic full-color illustrations. Review covers these Kung Pow Chicken titles: Bok! Bok! Boom! and Let's Get Cracking!.

Reviewer: Pam Yosca

(3) 1-3 Kung Pow Chicken series. In book four, Gordon Blue, brother Benny, and their chicken family travel to New Yolk City for vacation. The siblings' heroic alter egos, Kung Pow and Egg Drop, are called into service as a sidekick convention has attracted legions of both superheroes and supervillains to the city. Dozens of poultry puns, combined with full-color traditional and comic-hybrid illustrations, make this silly series just right for adventure-seeking new readers.

Reviewer: Pam Yosca

(3) 1-3 Kung Pow Chicken series. Second-grade chicken Gordon and his brother Benny, also known as superheroes Kung Pow Chicken and Egg Drop, try to stop the evil Birdbrain from turning Fowladelphia's smartest chickens into zombies. With action galore and plenty of silly chicken puns, this brightly illustrated transitional series' mix of comic panels and short paragraphs will help ease new readers into longer story lines.

Reviewer: Pam Yosca