She longed for adventure.

So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world.

The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar.

Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . . .

She was brave.

She was fearless.

She was feathered.

She was a chicken.

A not-so-chicken chicken.

Her name?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/23/2008
ISBN: 9780060755546
Pages: 56
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 11.38h x 10.24w x 0.39d
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Nominee
Award: Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/15/2008 pg. 65
Booklist 10/15/2008 pg. 47
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2008 pg. 689
School Library Journal 11/01/2008 pg. 87
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2008
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 126510 / Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5