{"id":41234,"date":"2025-02-09T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41234"},"modified":"2025-02-09T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T02:55:00","slug":"review-of-the-great-mathemachicken-hide-and-go-beak-by-nancy-krulik-illustrated-by-charlie-alder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41234","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Great Mathemachicken: Hide and Go Beak, by Nancy Krulik, illustrated by Charlie Alder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/great_mathemachicken_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/great_mathemachicken_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/great_mathemachicken_large.jpg 333w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/great_mathemachicken_large-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><em>The Great Mathemachicken<\/p>\n<p>Hide and Go Beak<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Nancy Krulik<br \/>\nillustrated by Charlie Alder<\/p>\n<p>Pixel + Ink, 2022.  88 pages.<br \/>\nReview written May 6, 2022, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a silly and fun book about a chicken named Chirpy who wants to go beyond the coop.  When she gets the chance to sneak out, she follows the children Randy and Andy onto the big yellow bus to go to school.  Once there, she catches a ride on a rolling backpack.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chirpy rolled into a room full of kids.<br \/>\nWhich made her wonder:<br \/>\nAt home kids stayed outside the coop.<br \/>\nChickens stayed inside the coop.<br \/>\n<em>Could school be a kid coop?<\/em><br \/>\nIf someone saw Chirpy in a kid coop, would they make her leave?<br \/>\n<em>Hmmm. . . .<\/em><br \/>\nChirpy needed a hiding place, just like when the chicks played hide and go beak in the coop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Chirpy is hiding in the classroom, she learns basic principles of simple machines.<\/p>\n<p>And when she goes home, those principles may be exactly what the chickens need to catch a fox!<\/p>\n<p>The author and illustrator weren&#8217;t going for plausible in this book, but it sure is fun to read.  Chirpy the curious chicken, excited about learning everything she can, earns her title of Mathemachicken.<\/p>\n<p>At the back of the book, there are instructions for making your own simple machine, a Whirly-Swirly Wheel-and-Axle Toy.  While following Chirpy&#8217;s adventures, kids may learn things themselves.  The book is marked as Book One, so I&#8217;ll be watching for more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realnancykrulik.com\/\">realnancykrulik.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayhouse.com\/site\/pixel-ink\/\">PixelandInkBooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1645952363\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/great_mathemachicken.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/great_mathemachicken.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Mathemachicken Hide and Go Beak by Nancy Krulik illustrated by Charlie Alder Pixel + Ink, 2022. 88 pages. Review written May 6, 2022, from a library book Starred Review Here&#8217;s a silly and fun book about a chicken named Chirpy who wants to go beyond the coop. 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