This animated adaptation of author Rebecca Emberley and her illustrator father Ed Emberley's 2009 picture book adds another spin to the classic folktale. Narrator Walter Mayes' silly voices combined with music by Michael Bacon freshen this beloved fable about an excitable young chicken whose “scrambled noggin” (after being knocked in the head by an acorn) leads him into a panic. Chicken Little runs around warning witless poultry friends such as Loosey Goosey and Turkey Lurkey, who respond with hysterical “acks,” “bonks,” “eeeps,” and “awks” as they flee from the supposed threat of a falling sky…straight into the suspiciously stomach-like cave of the cunning Foxy Loxy. But all's well that ends well in this brightly animated tale. DVD extras include a read-along option and a bonus interview with the Emberleys. Recommended. Aud: K, E, P. (J. Williams-Wood)
Chicken Little
(2010) 9 min. DVD: $59.95 (study guide included). Weston Woods Studios. PPR. Closed captioned. ISBN: 0-545-29594-7. Volume 26, Issue 3
Chicken Little
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