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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2008
K-Gr 2 When Earl and Pearl start a pumpkin patch, they often need to shoo Chicken out of the way, but she is determined to help. In the end, when grasshoppers begin to "nibble, nibble" on the growing pumpkins, Chicken's refrain of "Cluck! Cluck! Cluck" saves the day. This easy reader has short sentences, a variety of verb tenses, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
From first-time author Grant, a satisfying story with conflict and resolution, action and emotion, in an I Can Read aimed at the earliest of emerging readers. Friends Earl and Pearl set out to grow pumpkins, but a pesky chicken's constant scratching in the dirt threatens their project. "'Shoo!' said Earl. 'Shoo! Shoo!' said Pearl. 'Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!' said Chicken." Finally, the dejected Chicken is banished from the garden—until, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
A pesky chicken's constant dirt-scratching threatens friends Earl and Pearl's pumpkin-growing project. They banish the chicken from the pumpkin patch--until ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

