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Lessons From Chickens and Ducks
There is never a dull moment on a farm where a rooster, four hens, six baby chicks, and three ducks live together.
Cairo Rooster is a little too proud of himself. Ariel Hen talks more than she listens. Greta Hen is a complainer. Boof Hen is lazy. All three ducks know they can be friendlier and kinder. The six chicks are too little to have bad habits--yet. But life is about to change in a big way for all the feathered creatures when they hear a great commotion near the hen house that soon causes them to think about their behavior and choices.
In this creative children's story, chickens and ducks learn a valuable lesson about why it is so important to make good choices and be good role models for those around us.
Cairo Rooster is a little too proud of himself. Ariel Hen talks more than she listens. Greta Hen is a complainer. Boof Hen is lazy. All three ducks know they can be friendlier and kinder. The six chicks are too little to have bad habits--yet. But life is about to change in a big way for all the feathered creatures when they hear a great commotion near the hen house that soon causes them to think about their behavior and choices.
In this creative children's story, chickens and ducks learn a valuable lesson about why it is so important to make good choices and be good role models for those around us.
28 pages, Paperback
First published May 22, 2015
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Bob Morris
75 books51 followersRobert Morris is an American novelist who writes Caribbean themed mysteries. He is previously known as a columnist for several newspapers and magazines.
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* Zack Chasteen
Series:
* Zack Chasteen
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April 11, 2022
This is a book that is suppose to be a bit of a moral story while occurring at the same time on a poultry farm. As a result the only characters that the reader really gets to meet are the characters of the story and the villain of course, which is just basically another bird.
The story starts out where the reader is introduced to every bird in the flock and as a result these pages kind of act as bio pages. The reader is introduced to the bird, its bad fault and then given a modeling of how the bird portrays that vice. And then it ends with a sentient feeling that mentions they could have been less of their fault and more of its opposite but didn't.
But this above example is only what is done for the chickens as basically the ducks and chicks are grouped together. And then the story falls into the main life-changing event, which like any other inspirational moral story opens the eyes of our faulty characters who then fix themselves for the better of the next generation.
The illustrations are brightly colored and at least for the chickens captures individual looks so you can tell each hen and the rooster apart from the others. To the reader, though, it is never explained whether the chicks ever belonged to one of the hens nor are the ducks ever given any resemblance to domestic ducks but just to male mallards.
All in all it was a rather decent book if you could overlook the repetitive nature as well as the common formulaic retelling. Although the topic could be a bit heavy for the youngest of readers for others it could make for a great brief read although one that may need a bit of a further discussion with the child who picks up this book.
The story starts out where the reader is introduced to every bird in the flock and as a result these pages kind of act as bio pages. The reader is introduced to the bird, its bad fault and then given a modeling of how the bird portrays that vice. And then it ends with a sentient feeling that mentions they could have been less of their fault and more of its opposite but didn't.
But this above example is only what is done for the chickens as basically the ducks and chicks are grouped together. And then the story falls into the main life-changing event, which like any other inspirational moral story opens the eyes of our faulty characters who then fix themselves for the better of the next generation.
The illustrations are brightly colored and at least for the chickens captures individual looks so you can tell each hen and the rooster apart from the others. To the reader, though, it is never explained whether the chicks ever belonged to one of the hens nor are the ducks ever given any resemblance to domestic ducks but just to male mallards.
All in all it was a rather decent book if you could overlook the repetitive nature as well as the common formulaic retelling. Although the topic could be a bit heavy for the youngest of readers for others it could make for a great brief read although one that may need a bit of a further discussion with the child who picks up this book.
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