Mary Jane Auch
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Henrietta the chicken loves to read so much that she decides to write a book herself, but first no one will publish a book written by a chicken, and then, when she publishes it herself and it gets a terrible review in "The Corn Book," Henrietta is devastated.
Author
Series
Pioneer trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2000
Description
In 1817, after her mother has died and her father abandoned his children, thirteen-year-old Mem searches for a new home for Joshua, herself, and their little sister.
9) Poultrygeist
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
On Halloween night, two rowdy young roosters encounter a "poultrygeist" in the barn.
10) The nutquacker
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Clara the duck is so impatient to discover the farm animals' secret of Christmas that she puts herself in danger and almost misses the party.
13) Chickerella
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2004
Description
This barnyard version of the Cinderella story features a mild-mannered chicken, a fashion-conscious Fairy Goosemother, and a prince at a Fowl Ball.
Author
Series
Pioneer trilogy volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1997
Description
In 1815, while traveling by covered wagon to settle in the wilderness of western New York, eleven-year-old Mem experiences a flood and separation from her family.
16) Noah's aardvark
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
1999
Description
When Noah tells Lester the Aardvark that he is too late to board the ark, Lester refuses to give up and tries to trick Noah into letting him on.
17) Ashes of roses
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Sixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died.
18) Souperchicken
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2003
Description
When Henrietta becomes the first chicken in her coop to learn how to read, she uses her skills to save her aunties from becoming chicken soup.