Chicken, Chips and Peas
By (Author) Allan Ahlberg
Illustrated by Andre Amstutz
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
1st June 1999
25th March 1999
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens picture books
823.914
Paperback
32
Width 191mm, Height 205mm, Spine 3mm
104g
First in a brilliant new series for children not quite ready for the best-selling HAPPY FAMILIES titles. Fast Fox is determined to have chicken for his supper. Mother Hen and her three chickens are looking for corn for their's. Fast Fox follows the chickens and they follow his corn trail right into his supper sack! As Fast Fox hurries home, things lookbad for the chickens but Slow Dog saves the day by falling from his hammock and squashing fast Fox flat! The chicks eat Fast Fox's corn, Slow Dog gets a biscuit from Mother Hen and Fast Fox has a miserable meal of chips and peas.
Allan Ahlberg produced classic picture books with his late wife Janet - THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN & PEEPO won Greenaway Medals. He has also written award-winning poetry and fiction for older readers. He lives in London. Andre Amstutz studied at Brighton School of Art and has worked with Allan on many successful books. He lives in Suffolk.