{"product_id":"tic-tac-toe-chicken","title":"Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I loved reading this story inspired by the real Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken of Chinatown! Kids will be encouraged to seek clever solutions for the problems they see being ignored.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Grace Lin, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Big Mooncake for Little Star\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An imaginative retelling of a true story, Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken is something to squawk about!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eWhat Girls Are Made Of\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eA Boy Called Bat \u003c\/i\u003eseries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York City is not a great place for a chicken to live. It's crowded and loud and busy. But you can find the city's most famous chicken, Lillie, a.k.a. the Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken, in Chinatown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen tourists ask, \"Where's the Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken?\" locals point them to a video-game arcade on Mott Street, where Lillie plays games of tic-tac-toe against anyone who wants to play against her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut eight-year-old Beatrice worries that the dark arcade is just not a good place for Lillie to live. She devises a clever plan: She will challenge the arcade's Big Boss in a game of tic-tac-toe. Will Beatrice win Lillie's freedom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTic-Tac-Toe Chicken\u003c\/i\u003e is a picture book inspired by the true story of Lillie, a real chicken trained to play tic-tac-toe in New York's Chinatown Fair arcade, and her relocation to a farm for rescued animals. Featuring vibrant paintings of Chinatown by the award-winning illustrator Louie Chin (\u003ci\u003eBodega Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFighting to Belong!\u003c\/i\u003e Vols. I and II), \u003ci\u003e Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken \u003c\/i\u003eshowcases a local cultural touchstone and shows how children can stand up for what they believe in and solve tough problems with ingenuity and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Louie Chin, Kimberly Tso","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288086495468,"sku":"9798890130297","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798890130297.jpg?v=1770524039","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/tic-tac-toe-chicken","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}