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    Chicken Talk Around the World | Book Review

    Denise MealyBy Denise Mealy3 Mins Read Ages 0-3 Ages 4-8 Animal Books Best Kids Stories Cultural Wisdom Picture Books
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    Chicken Talk Around the World

    Chicken Talk Around the World

    Written by Carole Lexa Schaefer

    Illustrated by Pierr Morgan

    Ages 2-5 | 32 Pages

    Publisher: Sasquatch Books | ISBN: 9781632172914

    What to expect: Diversity, World Culture, Farm Animals

    Cluck, cluck, chicken!

    Or is it, co-co-ro-co? Or ko-ko? Or ku-ka?

    Are these all the same chickens?! What is going on here?

    Welcome to our amazing world, where chickens everywhere speak the same chicken-y language, but we hear and interpret them differently! Author Carole Lexa Schaefer takes us on a tour of cultures across our vast planet, peeking into farm life in different countries. Children will delight in seeing how chickens cluck in American versus their Mexican neighbors, as well as Japan, India, Kenya, and France. What a delightful way to learn about other cultures and how we experience the same things in different, and similar ways.

    Chicken Talk Around the World Illustration

    Illustrator Pierr Morgan captures the stately chickens in beautiful and colorful pictures that engage young readers. His fabulous representations of grandmothers and grandchildren from around the world create an inclusive and exciting narrative that pairs well with Schaefer’s clever story. As a bonus, there are also descriptions of the different cultures and different ways to say words like Grandma, rooster, and chicken.

    I loved how the book also captured the bond between grandmothers and their grandchildren. Each representation of grandmothers and grandchildren conveyed that similar loving relationship, no matter the country, even if their clothes and language seemed a world apart. What a fun way to show children how we have much more in common than we may realize, using chickens as a (very true) metaphor.

    This is an excellent book for the classroom to begin a conversation about world-views and different cultures. It would also be great for families at home to start those conversations with preschool children. How are people, who may look and sound different than you, also similar to you? How can we relate to what we have in common, versus what we have that is different?

    And who doesn’t love adorable chickens? As a parent, I enjoyed learning the different versions of chicken talk, right along with my kiddos. Chicken Talk Around the World is a fun, playful, and informative read!

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    About the Author

    CAROLE LEXA SCHAEFER is an award-winning children’s book author. She has written over thirty picture books and easy readers published with four major publishing companies. As an educator, as well as an author, Carole is comfortable and experienced in giving presentations to both children and adults on her books and related topics. In addition to many classroom visits, she has presented to the American Library Association, the Association of American English Teachers, the Conference of Whole Language Teachers, and the International Reading Association. She is also the author of The Children’s Garden, illustrated by Pierr Morgan.

    About the Illustrator

    PIERR MORGAN has published extensively with major publishers. She grew up in Seattle and now lives in Spokane, WA. She’s the illustrator of The Children’s Garden, written by Carole Lexa Schaefer.

    Visit her at PierrMorgan.com and on Instagram @pierrmorgan.

    Chicken Talk Around the World was reviewed by Denise Mealy. Discover more books like The Chicken Talk Around the World by following our reviews and articles tagged with Chickens, Culture Around The World, and Farm Animals.

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    Denise Mealy is a former web content provider who stays at home to change diapers and write books. Her days are filled with Word documents, books and sloppy kisses (from dogs and baby alike). She likes to read, cook, dance, travel and forward pictures of spam sculptures to friends. If she could have dinner with any author, dead or alive, it would be a toss up between J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen. They would probably eat pasta. Yes, definitely pasta. For more information, visit: www.dccmealy.com You can also find her on Twitter: @dccmealy

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