Peeping Beauty by Mary Jane Auch
E Auch, M.
This is the funniest book ever! I loved the storyline. I loved the illustrations. I loved the characters. I loved everything about it. It is just right for storytelling, as it is filled with opportunities to use silly voices and wacky expressions, and please make room for an inserted giggle or two, cause you are gonna need it. Poulette is a barnyard fowl with dreams of stardom; she wants to be a prima ballerina. Although the other chickens think she is a little loopy, they lovingly indulge her whimsical fancies, that is, until she hooks up with a talent scout from New York City who looks suspiciously like a fox. Her friends try to warn her with peeps and pleading, but to no avail. Poulette is blinded by stardom, as the Fox woos her with a stage bathed in spotlight, her name up in lights and a rhinestone tutu. Who could resist! When the big day arrives for her grand performance of Sleeping Beauty, out jumps the fox in a prince costume, tights and all! “When you run and jump, I’ll be there to catch you in my arms,” says the fox. I think he means to catch her in his teeth. That fox thinks he has it all planned out, but the one thing he doesn’t know about ballerinas is the very thing that saves the day. To find out how the fox gets his just dessert, take a leap of fate like Poulette, “the ballerina chicken” and check this book out today. It is hilarious! - Laurel Jones
Easy 67