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Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile Cover Image Book

Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile / Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert ; illustrated by Julie Paschkis.

Paye, Won-Ldy. (Author). Lippert, Margaret H. (Added Author). Paschkis, Julie, 1957- (illustrator.).

Summary:

When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0805070478
  • ISBN: 9780805070477
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A version of this story was previously published in Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Ashley Bryan, by Fulcrum Publishing, Inc., Golden, Colorado, 1998."
Preschool
Target Audience Note:
AD470L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.3 0.5 70036.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Sandhill Regional Library.

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