Theme: chicken

One Little Chicken

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

How much work can one little chicken be? When Leora finds a chicken in her front yard, she imagines keeping it as a pet and gathering eggs for breakfast every morning. But her mother has a very different view. Following a Jewish law that says ”finders aren’t keepers,” Mrs. Bendosa is determined that the family should [...]

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Hedgie’s Surprise

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Hedgie, the hedgehog, helps Henny, the speckled hen, trick the Tomten who has been eating all of Henny’s eggs for breakfast.

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The Impudent Rooster

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Using his amazing swallowing ability, a rooster foils the evil plans of a greedy nobleman and brings back riches to his poor master.

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Beautiful Yetta

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Yetta, beautiful Yetta, manages to escape from the butcher’s shop. But now she is lost in Brooklyn–a strange place filled with rude rats and dangerous buses! But then, brave Yetta saves a small green bird from a sneaky cat, and his friends, the wild parrots of Brooklyn, are very grateful.
 

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Outfoxing the Fox

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

Once there was a little fox who thought he was too smart for school. After all, he thought, foxes are clever already. A fox like himself could certainly outwit a chicken.

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Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Big Red Hen

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

While caring for their aunt’s chickens, three little Swedish sisters are upset when the big red hen disappears.

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Four Hens and a Rooster

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Four hens live on a chicken farm. A little rooster lives there, too. “What a nice little rooster you have here,” everyone says when they come to visit. Indeed, it seems so for a while. But then the rooster begins to take more food for himself, and the hens get less. When the hens try [...]

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Chicken Feathers

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A talking chicken! Josh knows it sounds ridiculous, but that’s just what Semolina is. And she’s not just a talking chicken. She’s a spirited, sarcastic, sassytalking chicken. And with Josh’s mom in the hospital about to give birth to his sister, Josh needs Semolina more than ever, even if she will only talk in front [...]

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The Problem with Chickens

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The ladies of Iceland have a problem: the birds lay their eggs in nooks on the sides of steep cliffs, so the ladies have a very difficult time getting any of the eggs for baking. They go to town to buy chickens to lay eggs for them instead. For a while, everyone is happy, and [...]

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Little Chicken & Little Fox

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 29, 2007

Little chicken is all ready for be, when suddenly there’s a knock at the door. It’s little fox, freezing in the cold. The other chickens know they aren’t supposed to let anyone in. But little chicken feels bad, so she sneaks out to find him a warm place. The two become instant friends, building snowman [...]

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