![]() A very hungry fox plots to murder Rosie the hen but is foiled time after time by getting himself into pickles.īecause this technique has been reproduced a number of times since, it’s easy to forget that Rosie’s Walk started the whole thing off: A pedestrian story (text) is completely offset by illustrations which tell a different story altogether - a story of peril, in which the main character is lucky to get out alive. Rosie the hen walks from her coop, across the yard, around the pond, over the haycock, past the mill, through the fence, under the beehives and back to her coop.Ģ. Here are the two distinct stories in this picturebook:ġ. Because chickens can be trained, apparently. Or if you prefer, an actual chicken walking through an actual obstacle course. ![]() See an animated version of Rosie’s Walk from 1970. Coyote, the hen for Roadrunner and this could be out of a cartoon. ![]() MARKETING COPY Switch out the fox for Wile E. ![]() Rosie the hen is enjoying a leisurely walk around the farm, but the stroll isn’t nearly as pleasant for the fox who is trying - unsuccessfully - to navigate the obstacle course Rosie is unknowingly leading him through. Separately, Rosie’s Walk is designed to teach young readers dimensional prepositions, but this is very much subordinated to the edge-of-your-seat action plot. ![]()
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