Elinor and Violet: Two Naughty Chickens at the Beach

Elinor's mother is not happy when mischievous Violet returns for another summer visit in Elinor and Violet: Two Naughty Chickens at the Beach, by Patti Beling Murphy, a companion to Elinor and Violet: The Story of Two Naughty Chickens. The two chicks play some more petty pranks but the peer pressure mounts when Violet taunts Elinor to go swimming at the beach without a grown-up. Elinor does the right thing in a story enlivened by prettily patterned gouache paintings.