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32 pp.
| Volcano
| September, 2003
|
TradeISBN 1-884244-23-8$$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Tennessee Dixon
&
Tennessee Dixon.
The small chicken of the story is a chick caught in a hailstorm on a farm in Nebraska. The mother of the Jewish pioneer family rescues the little bird and sews him some long johns until his feathers grow back in. Told at a leisurely pace, with plenty of observation and a nod to motherhood at the end, the story is gentle and not flashy, illustrated in realistic monochrome.