Collin, Chris: Funky Chicken Chooks in Space

This rhyming children's picture book, written by Chris Collin and beautifully illustrated by Megan Kitchin, will delight children and adults alike. Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space is the second book in the Funky Chicken series; following the hilarious best-selling Funky Chicken: A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks. The story takes the reader on an epic adventure into space in Funky Chicken's rocket ship; hand-made by the chicken and his farmyard friends out of old recycled junk! His mission? An intergalactic search of the Milky Way, in search of extra-terrestrial chickens! As we join the chicken in his wild ride in his rickety rocket, we'll meet strange creatures on even stranger planets, culminating with a gentle message about the importance of family and friends. This title comes with a QR coded link on the cover where you can download for FREE, audio and video files of the book and song, performed by the author, to an amazing musical composition created especially for this book. Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space was voted WINNER in the 2016 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and is in the 2017 Queensland (Australia) and Victoria (Australia) Premier's Reading Challenge book list. Reviews: 'Funky Chicken rockets into space in a whacky planet-hopping new adventure. Absurd and clever! Brilliant in text and illustration' (Anastasia Gonis, 'Kids Book Review') A fantastically fun, funky book! This absurd tale will engage adults and children alike with characters that are wonderfully silly and appealing. The rhyming format encourages children to develop chronological awareness, and the planet names require non-word decoding. Underlying this fun story is the issue of 'what makes a good place to live; which can be the starting point for further discussion with young readers. The strong narrative also brings along themes of identity and belonging, and about having ambition and chasing your dreams. Colourful illustrations support and extend the text, and end page illustrations provide further opportunities for prediction and discussion. - Speech Pathology Australia, WINNER 2016 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards.

Chris Collin is an award-winning author and lives in the glorious Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, Australia. His quirky books all have a unique feature - they are musical picture books; All Chris' books come an amazing digital package; an audio-visual narrated version of the book to an incredible orchestral backing score, plus a song for each book, all performed by the author. 'As an independent publisher, we have the scope to create a world-class musical package with every book. By providing audio and audio-visual versions of the books and a song, kids (and their adults) of all abilities can enjoy our beautiful rhyming stories and songs. What better way is there to get kids reading than combining story with music!' Chris has produced 5 beautiful books, including the award-winning Funky Chicken series and A Bug Called Doug. His second book in the Funky Chicken series, the hilarious Funky Chicken Chooks in Space, was voted winner of the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year. All of his books appear in various Australian state Premier's Reading Challenge book lists. Chris' exciting new book, The Things you can do with Blue Whale Poo, has been shortlisted in the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. This very funny (and slightly stinky) story, celebrates a little-known fact; blue whale poop plays a crucial contribution to the health of our planet - poop with purpose!Chris performs over 100 events every year both in-person, and through Live Virtual Visits to literary festivals, libraries, schools, preschools and public events all over the globe. His role is to bring fun (and funkiness!) to the world, to encourage readers of all ages to 'read for the joy of reading!'