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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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11/15/13

The Problem with Chilckens

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:   Bruce McMillan/Gunnella
PUBLISHER:  HMH Books for Young Reader  PUBLICATION DATE: 2005
AWARDS: New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 
GENRE: Fiction picture book     
READING LEVEL: 8 years old and up
BRIEF OVERVIEW: In Iceland, chickens lay eggs on the side of a cliff. This is difficult for the women to collect, so they get eggs from the market. The cliff chickens take this as a vacation and begin to act like women.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The students will be in partners. One partner will be blindfolded and have a dozen eggs. Their partner will take away an unknown amount. The blindfolded partner will then count their eggs and create a subtraction problem. They will then switch roles.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Emily Raymond LITR 3110 section A