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Andersen, Hans Christian

For Sure! For Sure!

32 pp. | August | August, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-87483-742-1 $16.95

(4) K-3 Translated by Mus White. Illustrated by Stefan Czernecki. As in the game of telephone, an anecdote about a loose chicken feather passes from the hen house, to the owls' nest, to the pigeon roost, and so on, until it blows up into a shocking tale of multiple chickens plucking out all their feathers. Though the storytelling is lively, Andersen's anti-gossip moral is rather sophisticated for the young audience suggested by Czernecki's brightly colored, heavily outlined artwork.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann