Synopses & Reviews
Henry is so confused. She thinks a cow looks like this ... She thinks a horse looks like this ... But when Henry, the city chicken, flies the coop, she finds out that country life is not all it's cracked up to be.
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"[T]he dynamic spreads and storytelling relay the action with boisterous energy and humor." Publishers Weekly
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"Cole's cheerful and expansive watercolor cartoon illustrations pair well with the straightforward text and reflect the silly and slightly exaggerated characters and plot." School Library Journal
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"Dorros shines, the wordplay at just the right pitch of sophistication, slyly winking at the readers as it invites them in on all the jokes." Kirkus Reviews
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"[T]he lively language will entertain the picture-book crowd with age-appropriate jokes and wordplay. Cole's cartoonlike watercolors extend the humor." Booklist
About the Author
Henry Cole grew up on a farm raising cows and chickens and pigs, but no horses. Eventually, he traded in his farm tools for art supplies and flew the coop. He scrambled across the state and made his way to Washington, D.C., where he's been creating children's books ever since. Because Henry never puts all his eggs in one basket, his list of egg-cellent books including Jack's Garden and I Took a Walk, as well as the Little Bo series by Julie Andrews Edwards.