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Why the Chicken Crossed the Road by David Macaulay; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress); Houghton Mifflin Company is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Why the Chicken Crossed the Road about?
<p><p>a Rollicking Investigation Of Cause And Effect By The Caldecott Medalist. The Tale Of The Chicken And Desperate Dan, A Bandit, Told In Beautiful Full-color Pictures And Leavened By The Trademark Wit Of David Macaulay.<p></p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? The Two-time Caldecott Honor Winner Is Too Wise To Try To Answer That Question But Ventures To Demonstrate The Circularity And The Humor Of The Ensuing Anomaly. When The Chicken Crosses The Road It Triggers A Domino Effect Of Events That Involve, Among Others, Some Cows, An Ancient Bridge, A Passing Train, Dining-car Passengers, An Outlaw, A Golden Watch, Melted Ice . . . And Readers End Up At The Beginning Again; The Chicken, First A Prime Mover, Is Now Merely A Consequence. Macaulay's Story Shows A Justified And True Belief In The Fun, Innocence And Irony Inherent In The Turning Of The Wheel. This, Undoubtedly Will Delight Children And Confuse Adults. His Art, For Those Familiar With Macaulay's Highly Realistic Black-and-white Drawings, Is This Time Flushed With Color And Zaniness, Demonstrating A Vaudevillian's Canny Timing With A Sensational Round Of Rapid-fire Action. All Ages. (se
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- David Macaulay; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress); Houghton Mifflin Company
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin; HMH Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780395584118
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile
- Rating
- 3.34 / 5 (17 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
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