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Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile  Cover Image Book 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: 9780805070477
  • ISBN: 0805070478
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: New York : H. Holt, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
"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."
Target Audience Note:
AD470L Lexile
Decoding demand: 72 (high) Semantic demand: 71 (high) Syntactic demand: 59 (medium) Structure demand: 76 (high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.3 0.5 70036.
Subject: Dan (African people) > Folklore.
Folklore > Liberia.
Chickens > Folklore.
Crocodiles > Folklore.

Available copies

  • 17 of 19 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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