Fast, brave Lami is the best chicken catcher in her West African village, until the day she chases one up the baobab tree and falls. While she cannot catch chickens with a sore ankle, there may be another way to catch that chicken.
"Hen and her eggs keep getting wet but luckily she has a friend who helps her with the rain in this short 'e' sound easy-to-read book"--Provided by publisher.
While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch for her pet hen Josefina.
Little Chick becomes hungrier and hungrier and more and more impatient as she watches all the other barnyard animals getting their breakfast before she gets hers.