127. Hide and Go Beak

The Great Mathemachicken: Hide and Go Beak. Nancy Krulik. 2022. [January] 96 pages. [Source: Library]

First sentence: "Tag! You're it!" Clucky clucked. He pecked his friend Chirpy's back. Chirpy ruffled her wings. But she didn't chase the other chicks.

Premise/plot: The first in a new early chapter book series starring a chicken, Chirpy, who loves math and science. Chirpy often sneaks out of the coop and onto the school bus. She is always eager to learn at school and to share her new knowledge with her fellow chickens in the coop.

In this first adventure, she is learning about simple machines. She may just be able to save a life when a FOX is trying to get one of the chickens.

My thoughts: I enjoyed this one. I did. There are so many books--picture books, early readers, early chapter books--starring chickens. I'm so glad that this sub-sub-sub-genre exists in the publishing world. 

 

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