Blog Tour: HIDE AND GO BEAK Review & Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the HIDE & GO BEAK by Nancy Krulik & Charlie Adler Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: HIDE & GO BEAK (The Great Mathemachicken 1)

Author: Nancy Krulik, Charlie Adler (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: January 18, 2022

Publisher: Pixel+Ink

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 96

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

A new young chapter book series about a chicken who loves math, science, and learning new things--by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik for fans of Unlimited Squirrel and Bumble and Bee.

Chirpy is a young chicken stuck in the family coop. But she's not like the other chickens who just sit around peck peck pecking all day. She's intrigued by the children who come home from a place called school. They always look so happy! (Well, most days.)

So Chirpy sneaks onto the bus one morning, hides in the classroom . . . and discovers a true love of math. When she shares what she's learned with the other chickens, they think she's one kernel short of a cob.

Even so, Chirpy is determined to find a formula for fowl success by pecking away. But when a hungry fox tries to attack the coop, can she find the equation for a simple solution?

With lively two-color art throughout and a fun hands-on simple machine activity, this eggs-ellent hilarious young chapter book series starter is a Grade-A pick for emerging readers to get them eggs-ited about science and math.

Reviews:

"This STEM series debut for newly independent readers provides a light but engaging look at simple machines."—School Library Journal

"A smart, sprightly chapter book series starter. . . . Short, dialogue-driven paragraphs by Krulik (the Princess Pulverizer series) are peppered with 'eggs-tra' humor and chicken wordplay . . . while Alder’s (Doggo and Pupper) cartoon spot illustrations, rendered in tones of yellow, gray, and black, provide plenty of visual characterization"—Publishers Weekly

 

Rating: 4.5/5

Review:

I enjoyed this book more than I had expected to. It's a book made for lower or middle level elementary students that teaches them about concepts of science and math but from a chicken's point of view. It's also interspersed with illustrations that help display the concepts.

Chirpy is our main character and she's tired of being in the coop. She wants to see what else is out there, particularly this place called "school". One day, she gets her wish. While there she witnesses a class building simple machines and a girl skip counting. Chirpy is interested in what she learned and brings the information with her when she returns to the coop. It might come in handy.

One of the things that worked very well for this book is how the topics are introduced and discussed. It didn't feel forced in just to teach Chirpy about science and math. I can buy a class working on simple machine. I can see a kid skip counting and another questioning what she's doing. It was woven in so seamlessly with humor that it made for an engaging read, even if it wasn't meant for somebody like me.

This is apparently going to be a series and I for one look forward to what other topics Krulik teaches.

About Nancy Krulik:

NANCY KRULIK is the international bestselling author of more than two hundred books for children. Her series, including Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo; George Brown, Class Clown; Magic Bone; Princess Pulverizer; and Ms. Frogbottom’s Field Trips, are beloved around the world. She lives in New York City.

 

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About Charlie Adler:

CHARLIE ALDER has written and illustrated many books for children, including Daredevil Duck and Chicken Break! When not drawing chickens, Charlie can be found in her studio drinking coffee, arranging her crayons, and inventing more accidental animal heroes. She lives in Devon, England.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a Finished Copy of HIDE & GO BEAK, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

1/17/2022	Mythical Books	Excerpt/IG Post
1/17/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Excerpt
1/18/2022	YA Books Central	Excerpt
1/18/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
1/19/2022	The Phantom Paragrapher	Excerpt
1/19/2022	Nonbinary Knight Reads	Review/IG Post
1/20/2022	Bookhounds YA	Review
1/20/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
1/21/2022	One More Exclamation	Review/IG Post
1/21/2022	Nerdophiles	Review

Week Two:

1/24/2022	The Momma Spot	Review
1/24/2022	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
1/25/2022	Pick a good book	Review
1/25/2022	@curlygrannylovestoread	Review/IG Post
1/26/2022	For the Love of KidLit	Excerpt
1/26/2022	perusewithcoffee	Review
1/27/2022	Coffee and Wander Book Reviews	Review/IG Post
1/27/2022	Eye-Rolling Demigod's Book Blog	Review/IG Post
1/28/2022	two Points of interest	Review
1/28/2022	@jypsylynn	Review/IG Post