Chickens

by Julie Murray

Overview

Readers will learn about one of their favorite farm animals--chickens! This title is informative--telling readers what chickens eat, what they look like, and how we use chicken products every day. The text is very simple, which will reinforce early reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629709383
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Series:	Farm Animals
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	290L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 6 Years

Table of Contents

What Is A Life Cycle?     4
All About Chickens     6
A Chicken's Life     9
Guess What?     10
Making An Egg     12
Life In An Egg     14
From Egg To Chick     16
Life As An Adult     17
Endings And Beginnings     20
Can You Guess?     22
Important Words     23
Web Sites     23
Index     24

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-2-At first glance, these books look like good choices for reports. They have the necessary components to teach the fundamentals of doing research, and the factual content is correct and interesting. However, the brevity at times is misleading and confusing. For example, in Chickens Murray states, "Most chickens live on factory farms" but the accompanying photographs and information concern free-range chickens; only free-range hens brood or sit on their eggs to hatch them. Commercial hatcheries are not mentioned. The illustrations are general and, while sometimes adequate, they do not consistently depict the texts' main ideas. The quality of the color photographs is mediocre and will not excite readers. For more facts and more complete information, Peter Brady's Chickens (Bridgestone, 1996) and Sara Swan Miller's Chickens and Goats (both Children's, 2000) are better choices.-Carolyn Janssen, Children's Learning Center of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

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