The White Hen

The developers of the popular Clue Catcher IOS app bring you The Big White Hen, a charming story of two chickens that need to find a new home. Farmer Tony brings them to live on his farm. Will they find friends and happiness there?? Find out what happens... and learn some new words. This story has an alternative, second purpose. When this story is read aloud by an adult or more mature reading partner, it provides a wonderful opportunity to discuss targeted unfamiliar words in a way which may lead the child to generate their own understanding. The ability to understand what you're reading using context is an important reading comprehension strategy, which can be addressed and taught in this natural and enjoyable manner. Enjoy!

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This book is a collection of children's short stories. It is illustrated by Rojan and contains the following: The White Drake - Firkin and the Grey Gangsters - Further Adventures of Firkin - The Sheep Who Wasn't a Sheep

A little white hen outwits the fox who plans to make her his supper.

The customary three knocks are heard. The drop-curtain wavers and is rising, when a voice rings out, "Not yet!" and the MANAGER, a gentleman of important mien in evening dress, springing from his proscenium box, hurries toward the stage, repeating, "Not yet!" The curtain is again lowered. The MANAGER turns toward the audience, and resting one hand on the prompter's box, addresses them: The curtain is a wall,—a flying wall. Assured that presently the wall will fly—why haste? Is it not charming to delay—and just look at it for a while? Charming to sit before a great red wall, hanging beneath two gilt masks and a scroll—The thrilling moment is when the curtain thrills, and sounds come from the other side. You are desired to-night to listen to those sounds and entering the scene before you see it, to wonder and surmise— Bending his ear, the MANAGER listens to the sounds now beginning to come from behind the curtain. A footstep—is it a road? A flutter of wings—is it a garden? The curtain here rippling as if about to rise, the MANAGER precipitately shouts, "Stop!—Do not raise it yet!" Then again bending his ear, continues making note of the noises, clear or confused, single or combined, that from this onward come without stop from behind the curtain. A magpie cawing flies away. Great wooden shoes come running over flags. A courtyard, is it?—If so above a valley—from whence that softened clamour of birds and barking dogs.

Liberating today's chicken from cartoons, fast food, and other demeaning associations, The Chicken Book at once celebrates and explains this noble fowl. As it traces the rise and fall of Gallus domesticus from the jungles of ancient India to the assembly-line hatcheries sprawled across modern America, this original, frequently astounding book passes along a trove of knowledge and lore about everything from the chicken's biology and behavior to its place in legend and mythology. The book includes lively discussions of the chicken's role in literature and history, the cruel attractions of cockfighting, the medicinal uses of eggs and chicken parts, the details of the egg-laying process, the basics of the backyard coop, recipes, and much more. Entertaining and insightful, The Chicken Book will change the way we regard this too often underappreciated animal.