Cowley, Joy.

Chicken feathers / Joy Cowley ; with illustrations by David Elliot. - New York : Philomel Books, c2008. - 149 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Wilson's Children, July 2009 School Library Journal starred, April 2008 Booklist, May 2008 Horn Book, October 2008 Kirkus Review, April 2008 Library Media Connection, August 2008

Relates the story of the summer Josh spends while his mother is in the hospital awaiting the birth of his baby sister, and his pet chicken Semolina, who talks but only to him, is almost killed by a red fox.

5.8 3-6 Follett Library Resources



0399247912

2007038635


Chickens--Fiction.
Pets--Fiction.
Farm life--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.

PZ7.C8375 / Ch 2008

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