But what if your cheerful chick errs and doesn’t do what it set out to do? Don’t worry-your cheery chicken just needs a reminder that everyone makes mistakes. Your feathered champion will be right there, encouraging you all the way, with a loud “WOO HOO!” that’ll keep you going and remove any doubt you’re super terrific. What’s better than a cheerleading chicken?Īre you ever blue, unsure, tired, or overworked? Do you ever feel lost or overwhelmed? This uplifting book, expressed in delightful, jaunty verse, explains how to lift your spirits pronto: What you need is a booster chicken telling you’re doing great even when you’re not so confident, as when you’re learning or practicing a new skill, for instance. I love you.” The illustrations are wonderful, full of good-time trouble-making tomfoolery, borrowing on the energy of children’s drawings and the determined strokes of their early attempts at lettering.ĭavid is a small, snaggle-toothed piehead whose mischief-for those who don’t have to clean up after him-is nothing short of exhilarating. Does he listen? Does he break a vase? Does he get sent to the corner, nose to the wall? Readers or listeners will be gripped by this episode right out of their own lives, through to the stray tear, the look of contrition, and the moment of redemption: “Davey, come here. This last comes as David prepares for a little indoor hardball.

“That’s enough,” his mother shouts, and other familiar adult admonishments show up as well-be quiet, come back here, go to your room, settle down, stop that this instant, not in the house. This autobiographical (according to the author’s note) story from Shannon (A Bad Case of Stripes, 1998, etc.) features a young hellion, also named David, who is forever at the receiving end of a sharp “No!”Īmong his prime escapades: over-reaching for the cookie jar, excavating his nose, tracking mud on the carpet, pounding pots, playing with food, making a naked escape from the house-classics all.

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