Hilda Hen's Scary Night
PreSchool-Grade 2?This is the third book featuring Hilda's barnyard adventures. Having napped too long under a rose bush, the chicken gathers her courage to get back to the henhouse after dark. She tiptoes past a snake (hose), flies over a monster (rocking horse), and swims across a lake (wading pool) on her way home. Wormell's bold linocuts with heavy black outlines combine with a simple repetitive text, providing both tension and clues to readers and listeners. Unfortunately, the ending is a bit of a let down, and some of the magic is lost. Nevertheless, Hilda is brave and proud of her courage and determination, and youngsters who hesitate to venture out when the sun goes down will be sympathetic to her plight.?Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, IDCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.