Beautiful, whimsical, and fun illustrations throughout. I liked the “twist” ending, very unique for a children’s picture book.

A quirky little story about some missing chickens and a plan to catch the culprit. I thought the book was very cute but was left wanting a bit with the ending.

This book was an interesting read, First, the good: The art is whimsical and the humor is silly. Adults will enjoy reading this book as much as children will. The readers certainly won't guess the culprit correctly. Which brings me to the bad: The story takes a turn toward not making sense somewhere around the middle. I love a story with a witch, but she felt shoehorned in. And *SPOILER* the culprit was actually a hen in a fox suit was really hard to make sense of unless you delve into the final illustration to discover that this hen is Scarlett, the first hen to have been kidnapped, and that she has been kidnapping other hens so she can win the golden feather competition. In the scene with the chickens tied up in the coop, Scarlett is shown as being in the coop also tied up and blindfolded, which doesn't make sense if she's also the fox. I also didn't think it made very much sense that the fox suit was affected by the witch's spell but Scarlett in the fox suit was not. I wanted to like this book and I was enjoying it until about halfway through, and then it went downhill.

This is a cute enough picture book about a chicken-napping. 

I suppose it is meant to be fun and light, but to me it was not.  Even if the outcome, in the end, pointed to a somewhat happy ending, it didn't sit right with me. 

As someone who has chickens, having chickens seem to be kidnapped by a fox is a terrifying thing to have in a picture book, even if the chickens get rescued, and the fox is a jealous chicken.

The odd thing is that the jealous chicken, disguised as a fox, didn't gain anything by pretending to be kidnapped and then doing the same to the other chickens.

So, no it is not fun, and although I love the drawings, I would not recommend this to children, especially if they have chickens.

<em> Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

The Chickentown Mystery

This book was very enjoyable to read. I think that the easy to understand words that were used & the vibrant illustrations that brought the story to life will engage young readers. The length of the book was very good for young readers also.

Fun story, with beautiful and well made illustrations. The reader is curious to discover the mystery of the city, and the twist in the story is certainly very interesting for children. I loved reading and I'm sure the children's audience will love this mystery.

Thank you NetGalley, Albert Arrayás and CrackBoom! Books for the ARC of The Chickentown Mystery.
This is my personal review.
The Golden Feather competition in Chickentown has a mystery just days before it happens when hens are disappearing.  The mystery is easy, and the clues are fun for the children to try to figure out.
The illustrations in the book are wonderful. This is a fun and wonderful book to share with your children.