Did you know that the books that Sophie reads in Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer are real books? Here’s the list!
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater (one of my favorite books when I was a kid!)
Prairie Evers by Ellen Airgood (author Ellen Airgood also has a diner, which sells Prairie Evers, sequel The Education of Ivy Blake, and even Unusual Chickens!)
The Great Chicken Debacle by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Want more books for kids about chickens? Try this Mackin Books in Bloom Urban Farming for the Intermediate Grades list!
Liked Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer? Try some of the other books on these lists!
50 Best Books for Summer by Instructor Magazine
Celebrating Food Literacy: Seattle authors’ books for kids and teens by the Seattle Public Library
“If You Liked…” Summer Reading Series by We Need Diverse Books
Best Books for 10-Year-Olds (5th Grade) by Melissa Taylor for Imagination Soup
Junior Edition: New Books for Younger Readers by Celia McGee for the Center for Fiction
Hispanic/Latino Speculative Fiction for Kids by Stephanie Whelan for Views from the Tesseract
Books for Empowered Girls from Stephanie Appell at Parnassus Books for Girls to the Moon
Female Protagonists in 2015 Fantasy by Stephanie Whelan for Views from the Tesseract
And, here are five middle grade books I chose for The Children’s Book Review!
Happy reading, everyone!!