This Little Chick

by John Lawrence

Book Overview

Who says a little chick can't make big, loud animal noises? Most little chicks barely make a peep, but not this little chick! While his brothers and sisters nestle close to their mother hen, this little chick struts off on his own to make some new friends in the farmyard. And he has a wonderful time of it - sliding off the back of a shiny pink pig, hopping along with frogs, skipping with a flock of frisky sheep, and imitating all the sounds these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763617164
• ISBN13: 9780763617165
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

This Little Chick is the perfect preschool book!

This book is wonderful! It has a rhyming, repitive text that small children love. It is a lovely book to read aloud with one child or a group of children. Children quickly learn the rhyme and love to make the sounds of each of the animals. A must have for every preschool class and library story time!

A Wonderful Book for Wee Ones!

What little one doesn't like to imitate barnyard animal sounds? Great little book for children as they interact with the illustrations and a narrative style that holds their attention. It is also a good book for beginning readers as well. Evelyn Horan - teacher/counselor/authorJeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Books One - Three

Perfect baby book

This has to be the perfect book for a year-old baby. I say this from tired experience after reading, re-reading, re-reading...the pictures are bright and definite and exactly right for babies, the rhythm is fun, the animal noises inspired even our year-old to say "baa" in response. Baby is now 14 months old and this is one of her three favourite books (the others are In the Tall Tall Grass and Night Cars).

Lots of Fun with Animal Sounds.....

"This little chick from over the way/went to play with the pigs one day./And what do you think/They heard him say?" So begins John Lawrence's exuberant picture book, and preschoolers will enjoy all the wonderful animal talk as Little Chick makes his way around the barnyard, imitating all his friends. He oinks with the pigs, quacks with the ducks, moos with the cows, baas with the lambs, and even ribbits with the frogs. And when he finally arrives home, shows his mother hen all he's learned that day. Mr Lawrence's repetitive, singsong text is cheerful and engaging and little ones will love "helping" you read, and practicing their animal sounds. But it's the large, bold and vibrant artwork, filled with humor and expressive detail, that really makes this book stand out and sparkle. This Little Chick is a happy, fun-filled read aloud, and a soon to be favorite at your house.

Especially recommended for children just beginning to read.

This Little Chick by John Lawrence is a bold and vividly illustrated picturebook for young people just beginning to read. A little chick makes its way throughout the farm, listening to the barnyard noises each of the different creatures makes. The exciting illustrations, originally made in vinyl, add an unforgettable emotional flavor to this unique bedtime story. The Little Chick is strongly recommended for family, day care center, school and community library picturebook collections.