Catch That Chicken!
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The team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity. 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? Award-winning author Atinuke celebrates Nigerian village life in a story vibrantly illustrated by Angela Brooksbank with a universal message at its heart.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Atinuke is a Nigerian-born author who started her career doing traditional oral storytelling. She is the author of Baby Goes to Market, which was named a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book and an Africana Best Book. Her other books include a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner, an International Reading Association Notable Book for a Global Society, and a Cybils Award winner. She lives in Wales.
Angela Brooksbank, a former designer and art director in children’s book publishing, is the illustrator of Baby Goes to Market. She lives in London.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781536212686
- Publication Date
- July 7, 2020
- Publisher
- Candlewick
- Original Publication Date
- July 7, 2020
- Text Details
- This book was typeset in Schinn Medium.
- Illustration Details
- The illustrations were done in mixed media.
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 304
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 3 - 6 years
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 1157930386
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