FICTION

Good Night, Chickie

by Émile JADOUL
978-0-80285-378-3.
COPY ISBN
PreS-K—A warm story about a bedtime ritual common to many households. Each night, as Mother Hen puts her chick and his bunny toy to bed, the youngster worries and makes requests and calls for reassurance. Mother Hen always comforts her chick, who in turn reassures his bunny. After she bestows one final kiss for both, Chickie settles down with the words, "You see, Bunny, Mother Hen is there. So stop worrying. Let me sleep now!" The illustrations have bold lines and colors and simplified shapes, set against generous cream-colored backgrounds that keep the focus on the three characters. Children will identify with the egg-shaped chick and empathize with his angst.—Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI
Chickie keeps producing bedtime-avoidance excuses, couched as reasons his stuffed animal won't go to sleep ("Bunny needs to go to the bathroom...Bunny is scared of the dark"). Savvy Mother Hen isn't buying it, but she knows the right remedy for Chickie's anxiety. Beyond depicting the odd object or furnishing, Jadoul effectively limits the art to this cozy pas de deux's principal players.
Reviewed by Marge Loch-Wouters , Feb 01, 2011

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