Common Sense Media Review
By Carrie Kingsley
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Silly, colorful graphic novel doesn't pull together a plot.
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What's the Story?
In TWO-HEADED CHICKEN, an angry moose named Kernel Antlers is chasing a chicken through the multiverse, trying to capture and cook it. The chicken has two heads, one smart and the other pretty dumb. The two heads try to figure out ways to get away from the moose, jumping into different places in the multiverse and not wanting to confront the moose once and for all.
Is It Any Good?
The bright, silly illustrations try to rescue a flat story that has both too many details and not enough to pull readers in. Two-Headed Chicken tries to be funny, whimsical, and action-packed but loses steam in the middle of the book and the story never comes together. The different places the chicken lands would be fun to explore at least a little more, and adding that detail would make the pace a little less frenetic. The quizzes for readers in the last half of the book have some fun questions.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the multiverse in Two-Headed Chicken and what it would be like to skip around like the characters do. What places would you like to have in your multiverse?
When you have to solve a problem, do you ever feel like you're having a conversation between two sides of your own head?
What other graphic novels have you read? Which are your favorites?
Book Details
- Author :
- Genre : Graphic Novel
- Topics : Fantasy ( Magic ) , Adventures , Animals
- Character Strengths : Perseverance
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : Walker Books U.S.
- Publication date : August 31, 2022
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 7 - 10
- Number of pages : 208
- Available on : Hardback, Kindle
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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