Book Review by Michelle Robertson – I Want a Puppy Too!

 

Reviewed By Michelle Robertson for Readers’ Favorite (5 Stars)

Chicken Cha Cha becomes a bit jealous when he sees his friend Bell’s puppy, Buttercup. Chicken Cha Cha thinks that owning a puppy would be so much fun and require little effort on his part. After all, Bell and Buttercup appear to be having so much fun in the pictures in his scrapbook. How hard could it actually be? When Chicken Cha Cha asks his mother for a pet, she states that a pet is a lot of responsibility and that he is not ready. Saddened by his mother’s response, Chicken Cha Cha goes to his room and attempts his homework, with no success. He soon begins to drift off into dreamland. Is this a dream or real life? Did I really get a puppy of my very own? Come join Chicken Cha Cha and learn if he did indeed get a puppy, or if it was a dream after all.

Chicken Cha Cha – I Want a Puppy Too! by Anna Phang is an enduring and colorful children’s pictorial book, offering young readers a chance to learn the concepts of pet ownership, hard work and responsibility, and jealousy. Anna Phang writes in a highly skilled and unique way, ensuring young readers’ comprehension. The characters, story plot, and situation within the book could very well be a real story being told by a young child. Children often respond to and enjoy characters that are animals within their storybooks. It allows them to have fun while reading or being read to, thus making the book more understandable. Many young readers get ideas of their wants and needs from their friends or family. Children sometimes come home and ask their parents or guardian for something simply because someone else they know had something similar. Anna Phang does a wonderful job explaining the saying “What’s good for the goose, isn’t always good for the gander.” In the story, character Bell has a puppy that she took care of, played with, and loved. Chicken Cha Cha only saw the playing and loving part of their relationship. Chicken Cha Cha did not realize all the hard work and responsibility that comes with having a pet.

Anna Phang creatively and effectively explains those two concepts with her fun, colorfully illustrated children’s book. The book can be used by children themselves as a beginning reading book, as well as by teachers and parents to teach their children and students about the responsibilities that come with having a pet. The book was an enjoyable read as I could relate and think back to my own children saying it was gross to clean up after their pets, but yet they loved to play with them.

Book Review by Joy Hannabass – I Have Constipation

 

Reviewed By Joy Hannabass for Readers’ Favorite (5 Stars)

The cast of characters in Chicken Cha Cha – I have Constipation! by Anna Phang is Cha Cha, Fi Fi and Cha Cha’s mother, Sofie, and Mr. Beaver. One day, Cha Cha’s friends came over to play and his mother called for him while he was in the bathroom. When he came out, they all went out to play, but Cha Cha didn’t feel like playing. His friends started asking all kinds of questions, but Cha Cha didn’t want to tell them what the problem was. Finally after they kept bugging him, Cha Cha told them he had a problem called constipation and it was making him feel sick! He was surprised to find out that his friends said they’ve had the same problem sometimes, too. They really wanted to help their friend, so they all put their heads together to come up with things that would help. They thought of several things like juices, fiber, vegetables and fruits, and exercising. Cha Cha was willing to try anything to help. Do you think Cha Cha’s friends suggested the right choices?

This is a very cute little book, and it was very different from any I have read before. The main character had a problem with constipation. Though this is not an easy subject to talk about to kids, I think this book would be an awesome help to kids. Reading Chicken Cha Cha – I have Constipation! to your child before constipation occurs could keep your little ones from being afraid when this happens to them. Because we all know that it will happen at one time or another. And I love the cute illustrations that go with the story perfectly.