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Super Chicken! Has Pluck

Super Chicken! (2013) by Rebecca Purcell has holes for poking, bold patterns for gazing, and pretend play aplenty.

Take the cover: Super Chicken's goggles are die-cut. Baby pokes. Mom labels, Eyes! Turn the page. Super Chicken's cape has a star cut-out. Baby pokes. Dad labels, Cape! Poke and point. Point and label. Perfect! Holes vary in size and shape throughout, accommodating baby's first finger or fist, depending.

The book is bigger than most boards, a full 8 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches. Pictures are bright and eye-catching.  

Pairs of 2-page spreads tell three simple stories about Chicken's day. For example, Purcell writes, Chicken builds a castle out of blocks. Chicken plays. Very basic. Turn the page. Super Chicken rescues a baby dragon!  Chicken's super imagination takes her high above the castle turned medieval mansion to rescue a dragon in distress, a small stuffed animal plucked from the previous page.

Pair Super Chicken! with DK's My First Words: Let's Get Talking! by Dawn Sirett and Susan Calver for word learning. The latter offers photographs of a chicken, fish, zebra, toy blocks, a giraffe, elephant, toy train, dolphin, and striped red boots, all of which populate Purcell's pages.

Super Chicken! is a super read-aloud.

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