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The problem with chickens /

When women in an Icelandic village buy chickens to lay eggs for them to use, the chickens follow them, adopting human ways and forgetting their barnyard roots, until the ladies hatch a clever plan.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McMillan, Bruce
Other Authors: Gunnella (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005.
Subjects:
Chickens > Fiction.
Iceland > Fiction.
Description
Summary:When women in an Icelandic village buy chickens to lay eggs for them to use, the chickens follow them, adopting human ways and forgetting their barnyard roots, until the ladies hatch a clever plan.
Item Description:"Walter Lorraine books."
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm.
Awards:New York Times Best Illustrated Books, 2005.
ISBN:0618585818 (hardcover)