Mr Chicken has been here, there and everywhere, but he hasn’t been to Mars. Well, hold on to your tummies! Boris has built Mr Chicken a rocketship! It’s the deluxe model, of course, as Mr Chicken wants all the creature comforts of home.
Boris says, ‘After adjusting the fission force fluctuator, and turning on the inertial guidance injector, you just press the blast-off button. Any questions?’
Mr Chicken didn’t have any so with a helmet, lunch and Boris’ guidebook, which includes everything he needs to know, he boards his spacecraft.
It was tricky to take off, but once he accidently sat on the blast off button, with his great big bottom, he was off! ‘He disconnected the solar call subcarrier, switched on the surface rover, turned off the rans-lunar-injection transponder and tuned the turbo pump.’
After a stop at the space station where he meets the lovely Bernice and a wave to a Martian explorer in his spaceship travelling the other way, he settles in for a long, long, deep sleep.
THUD! He’s arrives with a crash into Mars.
Leigh Hobbs has such fun giving Mr Chicken the most wonderful ridiculous adventures. Mr Chicken as usual looks hilarious. Mr Chicken Goes To Mars is whacky, crazy, just ridiculously silly. I’m in awe of Hobbs’ creative mind. Perfect fun.
Reviewed by Jane Stephens
Age Guide 4+
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE AUTHORLeigh is best known for the children’s books he has written and illustrated featuring his characters Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona The Pig, Mr Badger, The Freaks in 4F and Mr Chicken.
Old Tom was adapted into a popular French / Australian 52 episode animated TV series, and ‘Mr Chicken’ was adapted for the stage by the National Institute for the dramatic Arts. ‘Horrible Harriet’ was adapted for the stage and appeared in a production at The Sydney Opera House in 2017. Though that orange moth eaten feral monster Old Tom is Leigh’s most famous creation, he is in fact allergic to cats and much prefers dogs, especially Blue Heelers.
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