- Comedy
- Picture Books
- Ages 3–7
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Interrupting Chicken is David Ezra Stein's metafictional picture-book franchise about a little red chicken who cannot help jumping into stories, songs, lessons and cultural moments before they reach their proper ending. The books are funny because Chicken's interruptions are exasperating but affectionate: she loves stories so much that she keeps trying to fix, improve or answer them. Across bedtime stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, The Nutcracker and classroom/museum situations, the series is a playful celebration of reading aloud, active listening, imagination and the chaos of a child with too much to say.
A clever, funny picture-book series about a little red chicken who keeps interrupting stories because she is too excited to stay quiet.
Primary themes
Tone palette
- Funny
- Warm
- Silly
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
What Interrupting Chicken has done
- Major award winner
- Bestseller list
Cultural ubiquity
3/ 5Well-known to people who know the room.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 4 books.
About the creator