TITLE: The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Janice N. Harrington/Shelley Jackson
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux PUBLICATION
DATE: 2007
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book READING
LEVEL: 5 years old
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
A
young African-American girl who lives on a farm has a hobby of catching chickens
however there is one chicken named Miss Hen who is “unattainable”. The girl
makes it a goal to catch her.
However
when she finds on that Miss Hen is a mother to many baby chickens she decides
to protect them instead of catch them.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:
As a first grade class for a physical activity
we could play a game of tag. Assign some children to be the chickens and the
other group to be the farmers. The farmers have to chase and catch the
chickens.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Maya Newsome, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: chicken, African-American author, female character
