{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9798890130297","title":"Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kimberly Tso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Third State Books Incorporated, 2025-08-19\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\"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.\" \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;--Grace Lin, award-winning author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Big Mooncake for Little Star\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; and \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Where the Mountain Meets the Moon\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\"An imaginative retelling of a true story, Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken is something to squawk about!\"\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;--Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;What Girls Are Made Of\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; and the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Boy Called Bat \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;series\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;New 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.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;When 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;But 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?\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; 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 (\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Bodega Cat\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Fighting to Belong!\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; Vols. I and II), \u0026lt;i\u0026gt; Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;showcases a local cultural touchstone and shows how children can stand up for what they believe in and solve tough problems with ingenuity and heart.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085152043177,"sku":"PHBK-9798890130297","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/23456703488913.jpg?v=1779379713","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9798890130297","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}