FICTION

One Hot Chick: A Lift-the-Flap Story

by Hannah Eliot (text) & illus. by Ellen Stubbings

S. & S./Little Simon. Jan. 2024. 12p. Board $8.99. ISBN 9781665948586.

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Toddler-PreS–A chick searches for a place to get relief from the heat and is joined by four other chicks as the story progresses. Each time they think they have found a place to take refuge they are told, quite forcefully, that they are not welcome. The replies from the other animals—“This is our place,” “We just won’t share,” “Get away!”—are not messages that encourage kindness and concern for others. Really. That’s the story. They find their own place.

VERDICT Pass on this title in search of a friendlier read.

Reviewed by John Scott , Feb 16, 2024

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