The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

"The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" (ISBN 0133925145, 1977) is a children's book by Daniel and Jill Pinkwater.

The main character, Arthur, is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes. It was adapted into a television movie in 1984. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156609/]

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