Genre
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Feel-good
Writing Style
Spare
Illustration
Detailed
Subject
Animals
Chickens
Chicks
Corn
Days
Farm animals
Farms
Food
Learning
Mother and child
Sunrise and sunset

Five little chicks hatch, and boy are they born hungry! Exploring the environment, each chick finds a potential meal, each with a little rhyme. But those worms and bugs and strawberries and trout are probably too unwieldy for their newborn beaks, so their wise mama leads them to the corn patch for a scratch fest. An excellent choice for counting, identifying colors, and doing animals sounds and actions. Tafuri's trademark colored pencils make for brightly textured and engaging illustrations that stretch across full-page spreads.

rhyme and repetition make this book predictable and a good choice for a new reader.
1st grade level ( )

a chicken takes care of her five chicks ( )

This book about a big mother hen and her five newly hatched chicks in the farm. The five little chicks looking for food. Then mother hen shows them how to run to the corn patch and scratch, scratch, and peck.
Source: Pierce College Library
Age: 1 and up