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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2009
PreS-Gr 2 Chicken and Cat return in this wordless graphic picture book that continues to explore their friendship and adventures. Cat longs for a pet but has no money to buy one, so Chicken invites him to be part of his housekeeping business. The problem is that his pal has no skills and, after...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Chicken's Housekeeping Services has a problem that can't easily be swept under the rug: it's Cat, Chicken's best friend and assistant, who is more adept at making messes than cleaning them up. After a series of mishaps at a posh brownstone, the homeowner banishes Cat to the front stoop; things look grim for his future in the cleaning business. In this second wordless picture boo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Chicken's Housekeeping Services has a problem: it's Cat, Chicken's best friend/assistant. After a series of mishaps, Cat is banished to the fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
Text takes a back seat to expressive and humorous illustrations in this charming book by Sara Varon. The only words that appear are incorporated into the drawings—in the newspapers that Chicken and Cat read, in the signs in their Brooklyn neighborhood, and in the hilarious wanted poster for the thief whom Cat apprehends. Differences between Chicken and Cat, as well as their closeness, are subtly communicated through details in the art. When Cat walks into ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




