A little boy watches Shelly Hen as she feeds on bugs in the grass, chats to her friends and settles down in the nesting box to lay an egg.
This book is intended to show very young children where eggs come from and how chickens live. It introduces the topic of sustainability and respect for animals. Added at the back are a fun quiz, information section, as well as a simple recipe using eggs.
Part of a series about where our food comes from, the other titles are about fruit, milk and honey.
This is Book 3 in the Follow My Food Series. See all Follow My Food books here.
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Deborah Chancellor is a writer of fiction and non-fiction books for children. To date she has written nearly 100 books and worked with many leading publishers. Deborah is a prolific writer of children's non-fiction on a wide range of subjects. She is a versatile author who has written biographies for teenagers, adapted Bible stories for pre-school children,
More about Deborah ChancellorJulia always wanted to be an artist and she originally studied Fine Art printmaking at Brighton University. She recently went back to study at Cambridge School of Art, where she gradually unravelled a way of making illustrations and telling stories on the Children's Book Illustration MA. She also discovered that her printmaking experience has been very usefu
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