In this third Level 1 Ready-to-Read story about a spunky chicken from the illustrator of the Heidi Heckelbeck series, Sabrina Sue sets off to the big city. Sue decides she wants to see a busy city. So she’s off on a new adventure to see tall buildings, taxi cabs, museums, and more! PreS-Gr 1-Sabrina Sue the chicken lives on a farm and uses her imagination to dream big. When she sets her sights on visiting the city, she approaches each of her friends to ask them how city life is different than farm life. Her friends downplay the appeal of the big city, but Sabrina Sue tries to bring the city to her farm by stringing lights along the chicken coops. After much deliberation, she plans to stowaway to the city in Farmer Martha's truck with the fruits and vegetables destined for market. The journey is an eventful one, and the adventure continues as Sabrina Sue and her frog companion see skyscrapers, eat popsicles in the park, ride in a taxi, shop for souvenirs, and eat hot pretzels. Those make Sabrina Sue homesick, so she brings a little of the city home to the farm when she buys enough pretzels to share with all of her friends. The text, using sight words and written in a large, clear font, is limited to one sentence per page and makes use of punctuation to aid learners in reading with expression. This a great title for beginning readers. Cartoon illustrations support the text and play up the humor of a little chicken's big city adventure, especially in the spread where Sabrina Sue is buying hot pretzels and a little boy delights in the sight. VERDICT A fun, fresh series for beginning reader collections.-Samantha Lumettaα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. A quiet story about pursuing one’s dreams and sharing them with others. Even though chickens aren’t waterfowl, the hen protagonist of this early reader is enamored of the sea. Sabrina Sue has never been there, but she’s read about it and dreamed about it for her whole life. The other animals on the farm scoff at Sabrina Sue’s dream of seeing the sea, with the exception of a sympathetic frog (who’s never mentioned in text but who the illustrations demonstrate clearly is Sabrina Sue’s boon companion). She doesn’t let them stop her, though. Stowing away in the back of Farmer Martha’s pickup truck, Sabrina Sue and the frog go to the sea—and it’s everything she hoped it would be. Cartoon illustrations are energetic and humorous in tone, with details like Sabrina Sue’s diving mask (donned long before she gets to the waterfront) sure to provoke readers’ giggles. There are no calamities or disappointments for comic effect, just scenes of the delighted chicken and sidekick amphibian frolicking in the sand and sea. When she becomes lonesome for her friends (despite their earlier scoffing), Sabrina Sue and the frog return to the farm to share stories of their seaside adventure. The easy-reading narrative text is set in a large, clear font; dialogue conveyed in a faux handwriting type is set in speech bubbles. Young readers will love Sabrina Sue. (Early reader. 4-8) -- --Kirkus Reviews ― Kirkus Reviews Priscilla Burris is the illustrator and author-illustrator of many books for children. She attributes her love of children’s books and library visits to the East Los Angeles Library. Priscilla loves her role of creating characters and stories for readers everywhere. She lives in sunny Arizona, where she finds the sunrises and sunsets awe-inspiring.