Brilliant! Draw along with the author and illustrator as they try to help the chicken chicken to be brave. I really enjoyed both the story and the interactive element to this book and know the children at school would love it.

How to Draw a Brave Chicken is an absolutely adorable picture book. I LOVE that the book teaches children how to draw simple illustrations alongside all of the plot. The drawings are accessible and very cute. I found myself wanting to draw my own brave chicken whilst reading the book, and I'm an adult.

Thanks to NetGalley, Ethan Berlin & Jimbo Matison, and Astra Publishing House for the chance to read and review!

Consider this review to be the triumph of hope over experience. See, this picture book is a sequel to How to Draw a Happy Cat by the same author, Ethan T. Berlin, a book that made pretty much no sense, even if you’re a preschooler who suspends pretty much all imaginable disbelief. Because of that, I was pretty sure that the publisher’s comparison of How to Draw a Brave Chicken to We Don't Eat Our Classmates and Dragons Love Tacos was not going to hold up.

And it didn’t. That said How to Draw a Brave Chicken is much better than How to Draw a Happy Cat — not a big feat, but still. Here Chicken has an off-beat, funny adventure that coheres into an actual plot. Much improved!

Illustrator Jimbo Mattison (who illustrated also How to Draw a Happy Cat) gives perfect directions to little people wishing to learn how to draw not only poultry but plenty of other items she uses for her adventure. Mattison’s simple but cute illustrations make him a treasure. All in all four stars for the illustrator, two for Berlin, which averages out to three.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley, Astra Publishing House and Hippo Park in exchange for an honest review.

What a FUN book!!! My kids asked to read this over and over! The illustrations were fun and the story was just so fun. My kids loved it! It was a great read