The Chicken of the Family (Dolly Parton's Imagination Library)

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From Booklist Henriettas older sisters love to tease but they reach new heights when they inform Henrietta that shes a chicken: "Mom got you from Barneys farm." Arguments about having no feathers dont hold sway. But soon Henrietta thinks she may indeed be a chicken- especially after she finds an egg in her bed. So she heads over to Barneys farm to commune with her sister chicks flapping her arms and rolling in dirt. When her sisters come to take her home Henrietta informs them that she is a chicken. Now its up to the siblings to work as hard to convince Henrietta of her humanity as they did of her fowlness. The knowing premise so true to the shenanigans of real siblings runs its amusing course until the conclusion when the effort peters out. But kids will still get plenty of laughs from both the story and the bright pictures on clean white backgrounds. Henrietta as homely as she is humorous shows readers how to turn teasing upside down. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper Product Description Henriettas two older sisters love to tease her. When they try to convince her that shes actually a chicken instead of a little girl its pretty hard to believe at first. But the evidence is all there: her legs are kind of yellow and her toes are kind of long. The feathers she finds beside her bed the next morning settle it and Henrietta heads off to the farm to find her real family. The chickens welcome her with open wings and this lovably gullible heroines joyful acceptance of who she really is will have readers squawking with laughter.