Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise

It’s after school for the little red chicken, and she has just learned something new: every story has an elephant of surprise. Or is it, as her papa explains, an element of surprise? As they dive into story after story, looking for the part that makes you go, “Whoa! I didn’t know that was going to happen,” Papa is sure he can convince Chicken he’s right. After all, there are definitely no elephants in The Ugly Duckling, Rapunzel, or The Little Mermaid. … Or are there?  The little red chicken and her papa are back in this gleeful and hilarious follow-up to the Caldecott Honor–winning book Interrupting Chicken.