chickens

In this version of the traditional story, Chicken Little believes the sky is falling down and runs to tell the King and everyone she meets along the way.

Four fearful chickens venture out to see the farmhouse, with humorous results.

When Daniel's third-grade class raises baby chicks for a class project and he takes the five chickens home for the summer, he is surprised when one of them turns out to be a rooster.

When he tries to imitate a rooster, a newly-hatched chick falls in a puddle.

Text and photographs follow a baby chick through its first year of life as it learns how to peck for food, plays with other chicks, and develops into a rooster.

Presents an introduction to chickens, describing how they live on a farm, establish a pecking order, and feed, including information on their hatching and life cycle. Includes photographs.

Although unaware that a fox is after her as she takes a walk around the farmyard, Rosie the hen still manages to lead him into one accident after another.

An enterprising chicken attempts to help an artist paint the barnyard and accidentally turns the whole picture blue.

When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.

A clever hen manages to stall a hungry wolf's plans to make a meal of her by persuading him to taste her stone soup first.