I Bought a Baby Chicken

by Kelly Milner Halls

Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

Genres: Storytime, Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Kelly Milner Halls specializes in high interest, well researched nonfiction for young readers. Her books include TALES OF THE CRYPTIDS, SAVING THE BAGHDAD ZOO, IN SEARCH OF SASQUATCH and ALIEN INVESTIGATION. But she is also an avid YA fan and loves realistic fiction including GIRL MEETS BOY, the anthology she edited for Chronicle (January 2012). Her first short story is in that anthology. She hopes it won't be her last. When she's not writing or doing school visits, she works for her friend and mentor Chris Crutcher in Spokane.

Reviews

[Miss Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun book for storytime. Each family member pick out baby chick to take home. (I pick 1, Sister picks 2...etc).

[Maddypictures · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, cumulative rhyme includes counting, and family relationships (sister, grammy, grampa, etc.) as the whole family goes overboard getting baby chickens at the general store. A good zinger of an ending, "There were baby chicks most everywhere, as you must know by now.../I guess my family's lucky that I didn't want a cow!"

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read at family story time on 4/11/11: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...

Read at drop-in story time on 2/5/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...

[Erin Burke Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

At least Ethan didn't want a cow;)

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Delightful rhyming text about a family's growing collection of baby chicks. This would even make a great simple addition book for school age kids.

[Musiclib · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute animal book for pre-school story time