When Chickens Fly

Winters, Kari-Lynn. Illustrated by Izabela Bzymek

Esper Getz is no ordinary chicken. She dreams of being a free range aerial skier and competing in the Snow Sports Competition. Though she is prepared and talented, the rules state that barnyard animals cannot compete. But will the Arranging Committee squash her dreams because she’s JUST a chicken? Join Esper on this hilarious journey and find out what it really takes to be a winner!

This story resonates with the exclusion of women from the ski jumping competition in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games (Vancouver).

  • Reading level: ages 4-9

  • 32 pages

  • Published By Gumboot Books, 2009

  • Published By Trickle Trunk, 2012, Second Edition

  • ISBN 9781926691008.

  • OCLC number 458726862.

Reviews

  • "Kari-Lynn Winters’ new picture book, When Chickens Fly, illustrated by Izabela Bzymek (Gumboot Books, 2009, $13.99), is intended for ages 4-9 but may also find a place with older students as a discussion starter about dreams and obstacles as well as acceptance of diversity."

    Worthy stories beg response from readers, by Beverley Brenna, Star-Phoenix September 11, 2010

  • "And to think I told my students in my Writing with Humour course to limit the use of puns because they aren’t always punny. Except of course when they are used with panache, like they are in Kari-Lynn Winters‘ picture book When Chickens Fly (Gumboot Books and illustrated by Izabela Bzymek). It is a hilarious book about a chicken who dares to soar. It makes ample and expert use of puns and the illustrations are brilliant. Check out When Chickens Fly it’s very punny … I mean funny!"

    Knitters save the Frogs and have a yarn to tell, by Jan Markley, May 13 2010

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