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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2007 · Est. 8 min read-aloud
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
By Janice N. Harrington, Shelley Jackson (Illustrator)
A determined girl tries to catch the elusive Miss Hen, but learns there's more to the chase than winning.
4.2/5 Goodreads · 521 ratings
40 pages· 1,038 words· Est. 8 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
On her grandmother's farm, a clever girl prides herself on catching chickens, except for the elusive Miss Hen. In a lively pursuit filled with humor and wit, she learns that sometimes the thrill of the chase is more rewarding than the catch itself. Will she outsmart Miss Hen, or discover a new perspective on her quest? Join this spirited adventure and find out what truly makes a champion.
From the publisher
Meet one smart chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her grandmother’s farm except one - the elusive Miss Hen. In a hilarious battle of wits, the spirited narrator regales readers with her campaign to catch Miss Hen, but this chicken is “fast as a mosquito buzzing and quick as a fleabite.” Our chicken chaser has her mind set on winning, until she discovers that sometimes it’s just as satisfying not to catch chickens as it is to catch them.A fresh voice full of sass and inventive, bold collage illustrations full of surprises create a childlike escapade brimming with funny high jinks that leads the reader on a merry, memorable chase.The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children’s Book of the Year.
Awards
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- Words
- 1,038
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD560L
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Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2.6
- F&P level
- ~N
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 115655
Publication
- Published
- March 20, 2007
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780374312510
- LCCN
- 2005052768
- OCLC
- 61881193
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