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PreS-Gr 2—With a touch of humor, this well-designed title presents everything you always wanted to know about chickens—but didn't know to ask. The book starts with an unnamed narrator who's been followed home by a fowl, asking, "What do I do now?" After the hen eventually lays and hatches eggs and the chicks mature into adult hens, the child hopes that the creatures will "follow someone else home." Along t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This straightforward introduction to chickens is a lesson in book design of young informational books. Lots of white space allows the exemplar chicken, a Rhode Island Red, plenty of room; she (and the book clearly explains how to tell the males from the females) is generally pictured at about half life-sized. Each page or spread asks (“How long does it take a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Each page or spread asks and answers just one question about chickens and their care, presented in a logical sequence. Lots of w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More