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The Chicken Squad is back for their fourth (mis)adventure, and this time they’re facing their darkest mystery yet: shadows! A hilarious, “easy to read” (Booklist) chapter book from the bestselling author of Click, Clack, Moo and The Trouble with Chickens.

There’s a big, SHADOWY, mystery lurking about on what was supposed to be a nice chicken-family vacation to a farm. Sugar is certain that she is being watched, and when Poppy’s beloved shoe (the shoe that keeps her safe and snug) goes missing, Sugar is sure that this shadow is the culprit. But how does the Chicken Squad tackle a shadow? And do it without ruining the family reunion…which includes meeting eighty-five cousins whose names all begin with the letter B, a lesson on figuring out perimeters (no, Sugar, the perimeter of a car is not one mile), and deciding how many bags of jellybeans one should pack for a road trip?

Excerpt

Dark Shadows

About The Author

Photograph (c) Doreen Cronin

Doreen Cronin

Doreen Cronin is the author of many bestselling and New York Times bestselling picture books, including Click, Clack, Quack to School!; Click, Clack, Surprise!; Click, Clack, Ho, Ho, Ho; Click, Clack, Peep; Click, Clack, Boo!; Dooby Dooby Moo; Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure; Bounce; Wiggle; Duck for President; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Bloom; and the Caldecott Honor Book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type as well as The Chicken Squad series and Cyclone. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at DoreenCronin.com.

About The Illustrator

Stephen Gilpin

Stephen Gilpin graduated from the NYC School of Visual Arts where he studied painting and cartooning. He is the illustrator of the Who Shrunk Daniel Funk series and The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy series. Stephen currently lives in Hiawatha, Kansas. Visit him at SGilpin.com.

Product Details

Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (March 14, 2017)
Length: 128 pages
ISBN13: 9781481450492
Ages: 7 - 10
Lexile ® 580L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
Fountas & Pinnell™ O These books have been officially leveled by using the F&P Text Level Gradient™ Leveling System

Raves and Reviews

Road trip! The four chicks (Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie) travel to the farm to meet their aunts and cousins, only to find that someone has swiped their bag of jellybeans. Tricked into losing their secret stash as well, the intrepid chicks investigate and make a series of surprising discoveries. Plenty of comedy arises from seeing these familiar characters outside their comfort zone, and Sugar gives herself a new nickname that fans of the Chicken Squad series are sure to find hilarious. Throughout the book, Gilpin’s cartoonlike, grayscale illustrations add to the drama as well as the fun. Just right for young chapter-book readers. — Carolyn Phelan

– Booklist online, April 28, 2017