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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Author: Daniel Pinkwater, Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Though no one in Arthur Bobowicz's family cares much for turkey, when the butcher loses the family's Thanksgiving turkey order, Arthur frantically searches Hoboken for another fowl to take home to dinner. Unfortunately, it looks like every bird in town is spoken for -- until Arthur happens to find a mad inventor who offers to sell Arthur one of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780689830600
ISBN-10: 0689830602
Publication Date: 10/1/1999
Pages: 112
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Atheneum
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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Very cute kid's book written by National Public Radio's Daniel Pinkwater! A 6 foot 266 pound chicken, named Henrietta, comes to live with Arthur in Hoboken. Hoboken will never be the same!
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D. Manus Pinkwater is one of those authors who never lost that zest for screwball comedy that kids love and this book is one of his best as Arthur Bobowicz tries to save his giant chicken Henrietta who is running amok in Hoboken. Your kids will love it and you will too.


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