By Jeremy Strong (author) , Tony Blundell (illustrator) Part of the Collins Big Cat series
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Chicken Licken is worried the sky is going to fall on his head, so he sets off with an increasing band of followers to tell the King. But will he get that far...?
Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
Text type - A traditional tale.
A timeline of events retells this traditional tale for children to discuss and renact.
Curriculum links - Citizenship: Choices; Science: Plants and animals in the local environment.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Jeremy Strong (1949-2024) was born in Eltham, South East London in November 1949. He has had a varied career path before becoming an author including jobs as a: Head Teacher, Caretaker, Strawberry Picker, Jam Doughnut Stuffer! His first published book was Smith's Tail in 1978.
Jeremy’s work is characterised by humour and direct child appeal. The books are packed with tongue in cheek gags and characters and situations that your children will love. He said of himself "My sense of humour got stuck at age ten." He has said his writing was influenced most of all by Spike Milligan, but also by falling on his head when he was three years old.
When he was about eighteen he started writing very serious stories for adults, but none of them were published. By the time he was twenty-one he was writing stories for children after realizing that he loved writing funny stories and making people laugh.
The Children's Book Award 1997 for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 1998 (Shorter Novel category) for Pirate Pandemonium The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2000 (Shorter Novel category) for Dinosaur Pox
Photo credit © Justine Stoddart
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Chicken Licken and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
Chicken Licken features in the following genres: Reading Scheme, Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills, Grammar, Spelling & Literature, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, Educational material, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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Chicken Licken was written by Jeremy Strong and published by Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Chicken Licken has 24 pages
Yes it is part of Collins Big Cat series
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