The Chicken Dance

Name: The Chicken Dance
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jacques Couvillon
ISBN: 9781436116695

Author: Jacques Couvillon

Narrator: Steven Boyer

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/23/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Acclaimed children's author Jacques Couvillon grew up on a Louisiana chicken farm just like the young protagonist in The Chicken Dance. Don Schmidt's birthday is coming fast! He can't wait to find out what kind of surprises his mom and dad are sure to have in store for him. But when Don's special day finally arrives, he is saddened when his weird parents get into another argument. What can Don do to make his mom see that he is a good son?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Edith

This is a wonderful book about an ignored little boy who lives on a chicken farm and has crazy mean parents. So he turns to the chickens for companionship. I am so happy to see they changed the cover of this book to something more exciting. The copy I got from BEA just had boring chickens on it. Soo......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan

This book was one of the hardest I’ve read in a while because it was so dull. The parents have no redeeming qualities, and the naïveté of Don is so intense that it’s almost boring. The story doesn’t even have a “good” ending.......more

Goodreads review by Steve

I loved this book, it’s a fantastic take on the huge capacity for patience and acceptance that children have, and the things they’ll do to ensure that no matter what they’ll find a way to have fun and give their lives meaning. Don is a winning example of one of those kids who end up parenting their......more