"Interrupting Chicken," written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein (ages 4-8, Candlewick Press, 40 pp.) is a 2011 Caldecott Honor Book. Patient Papa rooster attempts to read Little Red Chicken a bedtime story, but he is thwarted when she interrupts each story to save the characters from danger. “Interrupting Chicken” is a lesson about manners disguised in a clever and humorous package.