The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County
by Janice N. Harrington and Shelley Jackson
Publisher: Farrar
40 pages
$16.00
#7. The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
Written by Janice N. Harrington; illustrated by Shelley Jackson
Our protagonist here loves to chase chickens, particularly Miss Hen who's "plump as a Sunday purse," but, as all farming folks know, this is not conducive to happy productive chickens. What will make her change her ways? The author is a librarian and professional storyteller and this book just begs to be read aloud, with long pauses to take in the complexity of the gorgeous half painted, half collage illustrations.