Chicken Licken Synopsis
Chicken Licken is worried the sky is going to fall on his head, so he sets off with an increasing band of followers to tell the King. But will he get that far...?
Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
Text type - A traditional tale.
A timeline of events retells this traditional tale for children to discuss and renact.
Curriculum links - Citizenship: Choices; Science: Plants and animals in the local environment.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780007186723 |
| Publication date: |
1st September 2007 |
| Author: |
Jeremy Strong |
| Illustrator: |
Tony Blundell |
| Publisher: |
Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
24 pages |
| Series: |
Collins Big Cat |
| Suitable For: |
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About Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong (1949-2024) was born in Eltham, South East London in November 1949. He has had a varied career path before becoming an author including jobs as a: Head Teacher, Caretaker, Strawberry Picker, Jam Doughnut Stuffer! His first published book was Smith's Tail in 1978.
Jeremy’s work is characterised by humour and direct child appeal. The books are packed with tongue in cheek gags and characters and situations that your children will love. He said of himself "My sense of humour got stuck at age ten." He has said his writing was influenced most of all by Spike Milligan, but also by falling on his head when he was three years old.
When he was about eighteen he started writing very serious stories for adults, but none of them were published. By the time he was twenty-one he was writing stories for children after realizing that he loved writing funny stories and making people laugh.
AWARDS
The Children's Book Award 1997 for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog
The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 1998 (Shorter Novel category) for Pirate Pandemonium
The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2000 (Shorter Novel category) for Dinosaur Pox
Photo credit © Justine Stoddart
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