Chicken Talk
by Patricia MacLachlan
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"From Newbery Medalist MacLachlan and "New York Times"-bestselling illustrator Krosoczka comes a cheeky and heartwarming picture book about chickens who scratch messages around the farm for their humans to find--resulting in surprise, chaos, and plenty of fun."--Publisher's description.Tags
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Very reminiscent of the spider writing words in the web in the aptly named Charlotte’s Web, though here it’s chickens scratching their words into the dirt. This is a cute idea since chickens scratch in the dirt with their feet all the time to dig up their food so you could easily see something like that being the way they’d write if they did so. And in this book, they certainly do! And multiple times! They make their farm family famous while also communicating their needs that haven’t been met in the way they’d like (also reminiscent of Click. Clack, Moo, Cows that Type).
The older style of illustration was also refreshing to me. Overall I wouldn’t consider it a favorite or particularly eventful or as having stood out, which show more is why I leave it at 3 stars, but again, it was a cute story! show less
The older style of illustration was also refreshing to me. Overall I wouldn’t consider it a favorite or particularly eventful or as having stood out, which show more is why I leave it at 3 stars, but again, it was a cute story! show less
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Patricia MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March 3, 1938. She received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1962 and taught English at a junior high school until 1979. She began writing picture books and novels at the age of thirty-five. Her works include The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, Skylark, Caleb's Story, show more Grandfather's Dance, Three Names, All the Places to Love, Before You Came, Cat Talk, and Snowflakes Fall. She won the Golden Kite Award for Arthur, for the Very First Time and the 1986 Newbery Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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