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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Chicken Feathers

Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley
This is a story about a boy who lives on a hillside chicken farm with his pet chicken, Semolina, who is is very best friend -- and who can speak! But only to him! Which is okay with the boy until the eggs start disappearing from the nests. Only Semolina knows where the eggs have gone. The chicken tells the boy, but will anyone believe him in time?
Posted by Nan Hoekstra at 8:28 PM
Labels: Interest Age 4-8, Interest Age: 10-14, Young Teen

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

...Original, well-crafted, and touching, Cowley's story begs to be read aloud-over and over again.

June 29, 2008 at 10:52 AM

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