Catch That Chicken! -- Atinuke, Hardcover

The team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity.

Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a little too fast, up the baobab tree, and reaches a little too far . . . ow How can she catch chickens with an ankle that's puffed up like an angry lizard? Could it be, as Nana Nadia says, that quick thinking is more important than quick running? Award-winning author Atinuke celebrates Nigerian village life in a story vibrantly illustrated by Angela Brooksbank with a universal message at its heart.

Author: Atinuke
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 07/07/2020
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781536212686
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513794 / Catch That Chicken!


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2020 pg. 108
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2020
Publishers Weekly 05/18/2020
School Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 48
Booklist 06/01/2020 pg. 90
Shelf Awareness 07/14/2020
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Atinuke was born in Nigeria and spent her childhood in both Africa and the UK. As a traditional oral storyteller, drawing upon her recent Yoruba ancestry, she visits schools and theatres all over the world. Atinuke is the author of the bestselling Anna Hibiscus fiction series, as well as the No. 1 Car Spotter series, and the picture books Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby illustrated by Angela Brooksbank and Hugo illustrated by Birgitta Sif. Atinuke lives on a mountain overlooking the sea in west Wales and supports the charity SOS Children's Village. Visit her online at atinuke-author.weebly.com

Angela Brooksbank, a former designer and art director in children's book publishing, is the illustrator of B Is for Baby and Baby Goes to Market, both by Atinuke. She lives in London.