The story is about a Chicken, called Chicken Licken, who thought the sky was falling down; because, an acorn fell on her head while she was out one day. Chicken Licken decide she wanted to inform the king that the sky was falling down.
on her journey to tell the king, the writer introduces various characters along the way, such as, Henny Penny, Duck Luck and Goose Loose, who all decide to accompany Chicken Licken on her way to see the king.. The story ends when naughty Foxy Loxy leading them all into his foxes den and gobbles up Henny Penny, Duck Luck and Goose Loose. Chicken licken was very lucky she escaped.
The story is filled with rhymes and a touch of suspense
The book had some beautiful illustrations that the children will enjoy. The book is really fun to read.
The moral of the story is; "do not believe everything you are told". It could well be a cautionary political tale: The Chicken jumps to a conclusion and whips the populace into mass hysteria, which the unscrupulous fox uses to manipulate them for his own benefit.
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