Fiction for Younger Kids

• Brett, Jan
  Daisy Comes Home
  Putnam and sons, 2002
  E Bre
  In her typical artwork, with a detailed border, Brett is inspired by the Story of Ping. Daisy, the smallest of a brood of hens, finds herself in a basket by a river. When the river floods, she gets caught in the current and floats down the river on the adventure of a lifetime.
• Brett, Jan
  Hedgie's Surprise
  Putnam and Sons, 2000
  E Bre
  The beauty of a Scandinavian farm are captured as Henny ,the hen, along with her friend Hedgie, the Hedgehog, device a way to keep the trickster the Totem , from stealing her eggs. Needlepoint borders enhance the Brett style of art.
• Coxe, Molly
  Big Egg
  Random House
  E Cox
  Fanciful illustrations, and simple text tell the story of a mother hen, who one morning ,finds a gigantic egg in the midst of her nest, and she sets out to find the owner.
• Ginsburg, Mirra
  The Chick and the Duckling
  Macmillan Publishing Co, 1972
  E Gin
  Whatever the newborn duckling can do, chick can do equally, until Duck decides to go for a swim - where the bond of their new friendship follows through.
• Hartelius, Margaret
  The Chicken's Child
  Doubleday Inc., 1975
  E Har
  In a wordless story, the chicken child ends up not being a baby chicken, but an adopted baby alligator whose insatiable appetite causes him to be banished from the farm.
• Lawrence, John
  This Little Chick
  Candlewick Press, 2002
  E Law
  A combination of vinyl engravings, watercolor washes and printed wood textures accompany the delightful story of a little chick as he learns to make the sounds of animals in his neighborhood.
• Mathews, Louise
  Cluck One
  Dodd, Mead and Co., 1982
  E Mat
  Unaware that the sneaky weasel is sneaking an assortment of animals eggs into the Mrs. Cluck's next, the hen eagerly awaits their hatching.
• Numeroff, Laura
  The Chicken Sister
  Harper, Collins 1997
  E Num
  The chicken sister, Poppy, Babs and Vilolet, with all of their unusual habits and eccentricities, drive the troublesome wolf away, and all the way home to his mother.
• Stoeke, Janet
  Minerva Louise
  E. P. Dutton, 1988
  E Sto
  A hen has fun exploring the house with the red curtains. Done with very simple text and illustrations.
• Tripp, Valarie
  Sillyhen's Big Surprise
  Children's Press, 1990
  E Tri
  Wishing her little house were larger, Sillyhen follows her wise neighbor's advice to invite more chicken to come and stay. Aimed at the very beginning reader.

Fiction for Older Kids

• Baglio, Ben
  Chick Challenge
  Scholastic, 1999
  + PB Bag (Animal Ark Pets)
  Libby is the new girl in school and Mandy notices that she doesn't seem very happy. Mandy discovers the reason Libby is unhappy is because she has to leave her pet hen alone on the farm while she is a school. The hen is sad and lonely too, so Mandy thinks that a newly hatched batch of chicks will help to keep the hen company.
• King-Smith, Dick
  Funny Frank
  Alfred Knopf, 2002
  + Kin
  Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jeminia and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dreams can come true.
• King-Smith, Dick
  Pretty Polly
  Crown Publishers, 1992
  + Kin
  Abigail decides that if she can't have a talking parrot, she'll teach her hen to talk. Everyone wants a piece of this unique bird- Abigail's father wants to sell her , the newspaper wants to write about it, the duke want o involved it is a ventriloquist act, and the fox want to eat it. Pretty Polly turn out to be able to do more that speak, and has some surprises for everyone
• Naylor, Phyllis,
  The Great Chicken Debacle
  Marshall Cavendish, 2001
  + Nay
  Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise.

Non-Fiction

• Brady, Peter
  Chickens
  Bridgestone Books, 1996
  + 636.5 Bra
  Realistic photographs , accompanied by large easy to read text, give the reader insight into the worlds' most common bird by presenting facts about it physical characteristics, what it eats, where it lives and the eggs which it lays.
• Burton, Jane
  Chester the Chick
  Random House, 1988
  + 636.5 Bur
  Realistic photos and simple text follow a baby chick though his first year of life as he learns how to peck for food, play with other chicks and develops into a rooster.
• Damerow, Gail
  Your Chickens: A Kids Guide to Raising and Showing
  Story Communications, 1993
  + 636.5 Dam
  For the serious child determined to raise chicken. Advice for choosing, raising, housing and showing all breed of chickens.
• Fowler, Alan
  The Chicken or the Egg
  Children's Press, 1993
  + 636.5 Fow
  A brief look at the characteristics, breeds and habit of chickens and how modern poultry farms produce eggs and chickens.
• McDonald, Mary Ann
  Chickens
  Child's World, 1998
  + 636.5 McD
  Full page photos, large print text , each page headed with a question and important words in bold faced type make this an attractive introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior and life cycle of the chicken.

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