This is a fun, short, attention-keeping children’s story. My grands loved it! They were delighted with the idea of a boy sharing books with chickens. I loved it because it gave us an opportunity to once again address the issue of too much screen time. I asked both of them what they learned from the book and these were the replies: “Don’t be addicted to devices.” “Don’t ignore your friends by being on devices too much.” “Don’t be rude to chickens, or they will peck you!” Well, 2 out of 3 isn’t bad. The text is easy to read, and the illustrations are colorful and detailed. All in all, it is a delightful children’s book.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is a cute book for children which has beautiful illustrations. My daughter and I really enjoyed this book about a hen called Little Red and her friends who love it when a boy called Henry reads books to them every day. One day he starts coming to see them while playing a video game console instead of bringing his books. They get upset and try everything to communicate with him to tell him they want him to read books to them. Eventually they find a way to talk to him and he makes them happy again. This is a great book which is really fun. My daughter enjoyed counting the chickens and she thought the way the chickens spoke while I was impersonating them was really funny.

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My five year old and I love books about chickens.
Big Red loves to be read to.- but Henry starts playing a game device instead.
Great illustrations. Good message.

Read with my son. He really enjoyed and thought it was funny how the chickens loved books. Real fun read.

The little one and I both enjoyed this book, a brightly illustrated tale about a young boy reading to chickens, who then get upset when he brings a video game instead and starts ignoring them, focused so much on the screen rather than sharing in the stories. It's a nice wee book with a good underlying message about interacting with others, and the power of good books.

I actually loved this book!
Great story to remind kids that sticking their head in an electronic game isn't always good and people around then need interaction, and that old school reading books is always good!
Cute illustrations too.

What parent isn't telling their kids to get off technology and read more books?? My kids loved that it was the chickens asking the boy for books and not the parents or teachers. The illustrations are adorable and the sentences and words were easy enough for my 6-year old to read which is really important to us right now! It is a great length to read before bed, and I can't wait to see it in print when it's available in August!

Disclaimer: I received the ARC from the publisher through Net Galley. All opinions are my own.

The Chicken Who Loved Books by Angela Hunt is beautifully written and illustrated book that helps teach about the importance of reading and how, at times, technology takes us away from the things that matter most. I loved the message of the book and how it reminds us to get away from our screens for a time and to get back to the things that truly matter. This is a great lesson to teach kids at an early age and would be perfect to read at home, school, or a library story time. Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this book. (This review is also on GoodReads.)

Of course books are better than video games! I love the message in this book of how special and enjoyable books are and how boring video games can be to those not playing them,

This is a lovely adorable book for children to recognize how important reading is! The illustrations are so cute, and there is a good message to promote less screen time for children. Your children or a classroom would love this silly short book.

This book is so cute with beautiful illustrations that I think any child would love. The story is about a little boy who stops by the chicken coop to read to them after school until one day he takes a video game instead which upsets the chickens. The use of onomatopoeia would make it fun to read in a classroom as well to individual children and I think it would work great with engaging smaller children in reading as it made the chicken Little Red happy in the story.

I received this book for an honest review

Thank you netgalley for allowing me to read this story. An amazing childrens book I loved the pictures and the story line.

This was a lovely story and a good thing showing that books can be better than electronics. The illustrations are excellent.

This humorous story has a good lesson for all younger readers about being lost in knowledge with books or video games.

This is a story of a young boy who reads to his chickens, and his chicken who especially loves his stories, Little Red. One day, however, the boy comes with a handheld video game instead of a book and will not look at or speak to the chickens. Little Red must find a way to make the boy understand that she wants him to put his toy down and start reading to them again.

An adorable story that also serves to remind young children that they need to take time to put down their devices and pay attention to those around them. I especially thought the progression of illustrations showing how the boy intentionally places his device in front of his face to keep out any distraction was accurate and revealing as well.

Okay, this is cute. Like, I couldn't stop giggling. It's 17 pages of a chicken getting mad at a little boy for bringing his videogame to the chicken coop instead of bringing a book to read to them. It could have been a liiiiittle bit longer, I reckon, cos I felt like it stopped a wee bit abruptly, but the illustrations are super cute and I now want to go find a flock of chickens who want to be read to. The dream, honestly.

Ah I loved the meaning behind this book! A little boy called Henry would visit the chicken coop and bring books, but one day he bought a toy ( handheld electric game ) and little red didn’t like it. He thought of ways to tell Henry he wanted him to bring books and read to them all.
Great illustrations and colour for young children. My 3 and 4 year old enjoyed it and said ‘ we should read more books and not play on computers’ .

Lovely book about a boy that reads to his chickens. Ideal for a 5-6-year-old wanting some reading practice.

The book is chock full of well detailed, beautiful double-spread images. Would look great on the nursery/ young child's bookshelf. It wasn't the most interesting story but it wasn't bad either. The character's switch from books to his game is probably a relatable scenario for the target audience. Definitely worth a read if you have young ones at home.

4/5

This is an adorable children’s book. The book is trying to teach the importance of not spending you life being a screen. The illustrations are also very well done.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Cute story about being in the moment, which in this case is reading books to chickens, because of course that is something that a lot of kids do.

The chickens, in this story, love being read to, and miss it when the boy decides to play a pocket video game instead.

I know my chickens like to be talked to, so this isn't so far fetched a story, and they do not like it when you ignore them when they are trying to get your attention, and they will try to get your attention. One of my roosters will grab my skirt if he thinks he is being ignored.

So, overall, a cute story about being engaged at the moment, and not living life with ones face in front of a screen.


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