This little chick went to the garden. This little chick found a worm. This little chick eyed a berry. And this little chick gave a squirm! With counting, fun, and vibrant illustrations, acclaimed storyteller Nancy Tafuri brings the farmyard to life. Mamas and little ones everywhere will cherish all the special moments of these little chicks for years to come. PreSchool-Grade 1–As day breaks, five newly hatched and hungry chicks run around the farmyard looking for something to eat. Each one finds a possible meal–a worm, a ladybug, a strawberry, a butterfly, a trout–but none is just right until wise Mama Hen leads her hatchlings to the corn patch where they learn to scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch. Told rhythmically and partially in rhyme, this simple story ends with the babes cuddling up near their mama as the moon comes up. Done in brush pen, watercolor pencils, and ink, Tafuris endearing illustrations sweep across the pages, presenting an intensely close-up view of the chicks and the action. Though the tale is slight, the youngest listeners will delight in the art featuring almost life-size fowl, and beginning readers will find the text easy to manage. –Marge Loch-Wouters, Menashas Public Library, WI Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. PreS. The illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Have You See My Ducklings? (1984) returns to the farmyard in this cozy picture book about a big mother hen and her five newly hatched chicks. Using the simplest words about sound and movement, she describes the chicks' search for food ("Peep! What can we eat?"), as each chick in turn spies a fat wiggly worm, a spotted crawly bug, a fuzzy butterfly, a red strawberry, a swimming trout--until wise Mama Hen finally shows them how to run to the corn patch and scratch, scratch, scratch, and peck. Created with brush pen, watercolor pencils, and ink, the gorgeous double-page spreads, in warm shades of red, yellow, and brown, manage to be both clear and fuzzy, simple and rich--from the opening illustration picturing the hatchlings to the final view of the chicks in Mama's encircling embrace, when "It's time to snuggle and cuddle and sleep." A good choice to pair with Margaret Wise Brown's classic, Good Night Moon. Hazel Rochman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Nancy Tafuri is the much-loved creator of more than thirty books for young children, including the Caldecott Honor Book Have You Seen My Duckling? and I Love You, Little One . She lives with her husband and daughter in Roxbury, Connecticut. Five Little Chicks By Nancy Tafuri Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Copyright © 2006 Nancy Tafuri All right reserved. ISBN: 978-0-689-87342-3 Chapter One peep Said the first little chick, "Peep! What can I eat?" And with a little squirm, spied a fat, wiggly worm. peep Said the third little chick, "Peep! What can I eat?" And with a little sight, saw a fuzzy butterfly. (Continues...) Excerpted from Five Little Chicks by Nancy Tafuri Copyright ©2006 by Nancy Tafuri. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site. Used Book in Good Condition