Chicks and Chickens

Chicken Chickens written and illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

When Mother Hen takes her little chickens to the playground for the first time, they feel a little timid. It’s crowded and exciting, but also a little scary. As they watch the big dogs, cats, and pigs play on the seesaws, merry-go-round, and swings, the little chickens aren’t sure they want to participate. But when they see the little mice and frogs sliding down the sliding board the little chickens reconsider.

Chick Chat written and illustrated by Janie Bynum

Adopting a large egg when her busy family does not have time to listen to all she has to say, a chatty baby Chick misses the egg’s good listening qualities before discovering that it has hatched into a brand-new friend.

Chicks Rock! Written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

When Rocker Chick freezes under the stage lights, her peeps help her gain the confidence to rock all night.

Chicken Little: the real and totally true tale written and illustrated by Sam Wedelich

Chicken Little is NOT afraid of anything. Well, okay, maybe a mysterious BONK to the head can produce panic. But only momentarily. It’s not as though she meant to send the barnyard into a tailspin, thinking that the sky was falling. How ridiculous! But can she calm her feathered friends with facts and reason?

The Chicken Who Couldn’t written by Jan Thomas

It has not been a good day for Chicken. He went to the fair with Farmer, but didn’t win even one ribbon. And on the way home, the road is so bumpy that Farmer’s truck knocks Chicken right out! He’s been left behind! It’s the end for Chicken. Surely, he can’t walk all the way home. Or avoid the hungry fox along the way. Or maybe…he can?

Catch that Chicken! Written by Atinuke

Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a little too fast, up the baobab tree, and reaches a little too far . . . ow! How can she catch chickens with an ankle that’s puffed up like an angry lizard? Could it be, as Nana Nadia says, that quick thinking is more important than quick running?

Arithmechicks add up written by Ann Marie Stephens

As the Arithmechicks slide down the slide, swing on the swings, and play hide-and-seek, they don’t realize that a lonely mouse is copying them, longing to join in. However, when their basketball becomes stuck, the chicks discover that a two-inch-tall new friend is exactly what they need. In this heartwarming story, there are many ways to add up ten cheerful chicks–but a new friend is what makes them cheer. The book includes a helpful glossary that defines the eight arithmetic strategies the chicks use throughout the story, providing a playful introduction to essential math for young children and their caregivers.

Non fiction

Chickens written by Lori Dittmer

An exploration of the life cycle and life span of chickens, using up-close photographs and step-by-step text to follow a chicken’s growth process from egg to chick to mature chicken.

Hatching chick craft printable: https://www.simpleeverydaymom.com/hatching-chick-craft-for-kids/

Chicken paper craft: http://krokotak.com/2012/04/zhivotni-za-izryazvane-i-otsvetyavane-bez-lepene/

Chicken life cycle printable: http://learncreatelove.com/chicken-life-cycle-printables/