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One Chicken Nugget

by Tadgh Bentley

A nugget contest with a doubling twist

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A nugget contest with a doubling twist

Frank’s appetite for chicken nuggets puts Celeste’s business in a bind, so she sets a contest with a clear wager: free nuggets for life if he wins, or no return if he loses. The challenge begins with one nugget and doubles the amount each round, turning a familiar folktale pattern into a playful setup for exploring how quickly numbers grow. The story combines a monster-versus-shopkeeper predicament with a concrete mathematical question: how far can doubling go when the eater is Frank?

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Picture-book readers ages 4–8 who enjoy monster characters and comic food-centered situations.
  • Children interested in stories that introduce mathematical ideas through a contest.
  • Families and educators looking for a picture book inspired by the folktale “One Grain of Rice.”

Themes

Doubling and number growthAppetite and excessCompetition and consequencesFolktale adaptation

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Book overview

Inspired by the classic folktale "One Grain of Rice," One Chicken Nugget is a monstrously funny new picture book--with a mathematical twist!--from the author-illustrator of Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups.

Everybody knows monsters love chicken nuggets, but Frank loved them more than most.

This is a problem if you happen to sell chicken nuggets, and Celeste sells the finest nuggets around. But Frank scares her other customers away, so she's forced to cook up an eating contest of monstrous proportions to get rid of him. If Frank wins, Celeste will make him free chicken nuggets for life. But if he loses, he must leave and never return.

It starts with Frank eating a single chicken nugget.

Then two. Then double that, then double it again . . .

Just how quickly does this doubling add up?

And how many chicken nuggets can Frank really eat?

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