Del Norte Public Library

They're darling. They're daring. They know their shapes! They're chicks on a mission, and on this, their first (mis)adventure, the Chicken Squad launches a galactic backyard expedition. Meet the Chicken Squad: Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie. These chicks are not your typical barnyard puffs of fluff, and they are not about to spend their days pecking chicken feed and chasing bugs. No sir, they're too busy solving mysteries and fighting crime. So when...

You won't believe why this old lady swallowed a chick, some straw, an egg, some candy, a basket, and a bow in this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme with an spring theme.

Kindergartners learn about the life cycle of a chicken, incubating eggs, watching them hatch and raising them until they are old enough to go to the chicken coop.

Five chicks and their mother peck in the corn patch in search of breakfast.

This books uses colorful photographs that step through the growth of a chicken from the time it hatches until it's six weeks old.

Set in and around a pond, a bush, and a tin can, follow a newly hatched chicken named Peep, and his friends Chirp and Quack, a robin and a duck, on their daily adventures. They live in a place of great wonder and mystery, a place they are forever eager to explore, a place they call 'the big wide world'. Celebrate being curious, being adventurous, and, for at least one character, being a duck.

"Based on the popular Spanish song Los Pollitos Dicen, [this is a board book to which a child can] sing and learn ... while [hearing] about a mother's nurturing love, in both English and Spanish. Complete with ... illustrations, this book is a ... way to make learning with your little chickie special and unique in not one, but two, languages"--Publisher marketing.

Presents a variation on the classic rhyme about an old lady who swallowed a chick and a lot of other strange creatures.