Let's Get Cracking!: A Branches Book (Kung POW Chicken #1): Volume 1

Kung Pow Chicken is the superhero everyone has been waiting for

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow In this exciting full-color series, Gordon Blue transforms into Kung Pow Chicken, an avian superhero who fights crime in the city of Fowladelphia. The first book in the series kicks off when Gordon's birdy senses lead him to a festival. Suddenly, POOF Feathers fill the air and shivering naked chickens are everywhere. Why have all these chickens lost their feathers? Forced to wear wooly sweaters, the city itches for a hero. Kung Pow Chicken hops into his Beakmobile to save the day

Author: Cyndi Marko
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 01/07/2014
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780545610612
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 165167 / Let's Get Cracking!


Award: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2013 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 11/11/2013
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 120
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 61 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Cyndi Marko writes and draws books for kids, but she doesn't mind if adults read them, too. Cyndi is the author and illustrator of the Kung Pow Chicken early chapter book series, This Little Piggy: An Owner's Manual and Boo! Hiss! early chapter books, and the Sloth Sleuth middle grade graphic novel series. She currently lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her two noisy, freeloading roommates Cathulhu and Salem P. Cat.