Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Love the original chicken little and this was a cute little version with a spin of science. Chicken Little and his friends investigate what different sounds different options make when they hit the ground. Entertaining children’s book with great illustrations.
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This story was great full of teamwork and friendships. Investigation to the end, lots of meeting friends along the way. I am a big fan of this author and love sharing her books with family and friends. I recommend this to all readers, young and old alike.
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lois Wickstrom is really good at writing children’s books, and this one is no different, the only thing I didn’t care for was that the first couple pages were from another story. Even the names of the animal characters was the same. This book however is cute and will be entertaining for children who may not be as familiar with the original Chicken Little story.
Chicken Little Investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I love this author’s books and the story of Chicken Little and their friends was adorable and engaging with wonderful illustrations on each page.
The sky is falling!! Or at least that what Chicken Little feels when an acorn falls and causes a bump on their head. Chicken Little investigates with their friend Henny Penny other items when they fall what does happen. On the adventure and finding items to do their experiments, Chicken Little and Henny Penny also run into other friends to bring them into the investigations as well and the end result of them wanting to go to the King to find out what to call it?
Wonderful story, love the characters and this book can be enjoyed by all ages which is what I love. Just wonderful!
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a great childrens book to show kids how to investigate what objects mke what sound when they are dropped. Also helps rhyming. The illustrations are beautiful an colorful. I do think the curved writing may be hard for some children an spelling errors shouldnt be in a childrens book.
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a fun little spin on the story of Chicken Little. Lois Wickstrom does not disappoint when writing children’s books. The text is written in a fun manner that engages the person reading and makes it exciting.
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
So I’m sure we have all heard this story. We love the rhymes with the names of each character. But this author took this story so much further! She turned this rhyming story into a Science Investigation. WOW! She did a fantastic job with sounds, adventure and investigating. I could not wait for my grandchildren to hear this version of Chicken Little. We had so much fun dropping things as well as going for a walk to find some of the things the characters had found. What an adventure we had. This author has become one of my favorites, as she has fresh ideas and makes reading so much more fun for children as well as adults. Fantastic Story!
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Chicken Little Investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is such a fantastic read with great illustrations to further enhance the wonderfully written story from this very talented author. While the character names are the same as the original chicken little story, this wonderful telling takes a different, far more scientific look at chicken little at first thinking the sky is falling. I highly recommend giving this a read! I am sure it will become a favourite.
Chicken Little Investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was really cute. It gives a great lesson for kids and shows how important and helpful friendship can be. Chicken Little is also teaching her friends about gravity without even knowing what it’s called. While they are learning about something new they are also learning that they are free to be creative and have different opinions about the same thing and none of them are wrong. The value of friendship, creativity, and lessons is prominent in this book.
Chicken Little Investigates: a science folktale by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is very good for the little ones. The characters have a lot of curiosity and intend to find out the answer. The characters are very relatable to young children. I love how certain words are more artistic than the regular words. It makes the words more noticeable and very appealing to the eye.
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lois Wickstrom has done it again. Chicken Little investigates is a very cute tale. Chicken Little and his friends decide to investigate items falling and the sound they make. As they make their way to see the King, they pick up more friends with different sounding items. All that they want is for the king to name the sound for them. If you love cute children’s book, then this is the book for you.
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Chicken Little is out and something hits him in the head. She decides to investigate and with her entourage of friends she meets along the way comes up with a variety of ideas to call what hit her on the head.
Fun little adventure on a classic tale. I liked the illustrations and it had some really funny moments where I think children would laugh out loud.
Chicken Little Investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3 Stars
Chicken Little Investigates is the first book in the Science Folktales series by Lois Wickstrom. It is a cute children’s fantasy story- a reimagining of the classic fairytale, Chicken Little (aka- Henny Penny) with plenty of fun and adventure along the way.
The story has humour, mystery, friendship, investigation, and a little drama to keep things interesting. It introduces children to the concept of gravity but doesn’t go into it or explain any further though, keeping things light and fairytale-esque.
I wish the internal quality of the illustrations matched the quality of the ‘new’ cover picture- as the internal illustrations are a little naïve/simplistic, and ‘bland’. They just don’t grab and hold your attention like the cover image does, and I was left feeling a little let down because of it.
The Science Folktales Series contains (so far):
-Chicken Little (Book #1)
-Huff…Puff…Grind! The Three Little Pigs Get Smart (Book #2)
-Fee, Fi, Fo, Grow! The Real Magic of the Beans (Book #3)
-Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Book #4)
-Little Red, the Detective (Book #5)
-Just One More Egg (Book #6)
-The Dwarves’ Dilemma (Book #7)
-Saving the Gingerbread House (Book #8)
So, as you can see, there’s lots to explore in this series- plenty of adventures to take, and things to learn along the way.
Looking forward to more from Ms. Wickstrom.
Happy reading…
Reviewed by @angelahayes
Chicken Little Investigates: a science folktale by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love it! What a fun take on the original story. To investigate the sounds that things make is a really fun way to gain the child’s attention. I found the story entraining and fun. We enjoyed making sound effects with all the noises. I am a large fan of stories that can get the children interacting. Another winner for this author!
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The characters investigate when things fall and make different noises. Then they go on their way to see the King. On their journey they get mislead but concur through. Then they go back on track in their journey. There the King decides what he is going to call the investigation.
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“The sky is falling!”
Most of us are familiar with this popular saying by Chicken Little. This great little STEM focused book follows up on that saying with a physics lesson that also includes Turkey Lurky, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, and Goosey Loosey. Foxy Woxy will also make an appearance but we all know how sly those foxes can be!
The illustrations are great in this book as well. The words appear to be interactive on the page which makes this one even more fun!
Add this to the list to share with a youngster in your life!
Chicken Little investigates by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Really a darling retelling of the folk tale “Chicken Little.” Attractive illustrations, great use of onomatopoeia and clever twist to the original story.
Younger children will delight in “what happens next.” At the same time, older children could experiment with the gravity experiments and see, if they were king, what they would call the stuff falling from the sky.
Engaging tale all the way around.
Chicken Little Investigates: a science folktale by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
With a twist on the classic Chicken Little tale, Chicken Little Investigates introduces kids to the world of science and learning has never been as fun. It is a bright and colourful story with humour that makes you laugh.
Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey and Turkey Lurkey all make an appearance and try to outsmart the wily Foxy Woxy.
With lovely illustrations by Francie Mion you can’t go wrong as the story draws in readers and opens their little minds.
Is the sky falling? Well you will have to read it to find out.
Reviewed by @jennadb
.•°*°•. BOOK SPOTLIGHT SHOWCASE .•°*°•.
When Chicken Little gets on the head, she thinks the sky is falling until she sees the acorn. With the help of her friend, Henny Penny, Chicken Little does experiments and learns about the power of gravity. On the way to tell the king of this new scientific discovery, they are captured by a sly fox and need to outsmart him before they become his dinner.
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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.
Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.
She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.
Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.
