I Got a Chicken for My Birthday

(Hardback)

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But this chicken is no ordinary chicken; it has plans! With a lot of hard work, and help from lots of other animals, this chicken may just end up building the girl the best birthday gift ever!

Reviews

"[T]his utterly seamless blend of story and art is an ingenious treat for all ages."--starred, Kirkus Reviews

"Filled with splashy colors and textures, Horne's mixed-media pictures playfully fiddle with perspective and scale while including details that step up the fun. . . . An oddball birthday tale with heart."--Publishers Weekly

"Kids will enjoy pointing out the details that provide visual clues as to what the chicken is up to. An amusing story with a twist, perfect for a maker or construction storytime."--School Library Journal

"This chicken story is definitely as good as a ticket to an amusement park, maybe better."--Booklist

Author Bio

Laura Gehl is the award-winning author of more than three dozen picture books, board books, and early readers including Who Is a Scientist, I Got a Chicken for My Birthday, Dibs!, and Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways to Save our Planet. A former science teacher with a PhD in neuroscience, Laura lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and four children. Sarah Horne grew up in snowy Derbyshire, UK, with some goats and a brother. She then decided to be sensible and studied illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and earned a Masters degree at Kingston University. Sarah has written and/or illustrated numerous books for children and has also worked on commissions for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Kew Gardens, Sesame Street, and for IKEA as their Children's Illustrator In Residence. She now draws, paints, writes, and giggles from underneath a pile of paper at her studio in London.