Hen Hears Gossip

Hen Hears Gossips by Megan McDonald is a story that reminded me of the game telephone. The story starts with a Hen who ease dropped on a conversation and started spreading rumors to the other animals on the farm. The gossip situation is resolved by the end of the story. I thought this book could be used in a classroom to teach a lesson about tattling or spreading rumors and how sometimes you hear things that aren't true. I wasn't a huge fan of the illustrations. This book is for very young readers and I thought the illustrations were a little to abstract for such young readers.