The Chicken Buk-Buk

Buk-Buk-cheeeep-Buk-Buk squeaks Little Blue Chicken. She lives with her equally talkative family on a farm. The book follows her naughty antics and shows her growing from a tiny little chick to a bold youngster who learns to take care of herself.

Lively text interspersed with chicken-talk and sound, and affectionately rendered illustrations introduce young children to the life of chickens and other animals who share a home in a farm in Southern India.

• A lively narrative centred on an intrepid chicken, determined to explore life outside the coop
• Comprises appealing characters: A resolute mother hen and her brood, a curious dog unaware of its strength, sundry creatures, from snakes to butterflies that make up the world of a South Indian
  farm
• Deft and playful storytelling that captures the everyday drama involving, all creatures great and small
• Replete with sound words, which make this a wonderful read-aloud book as well
• Charming, playful art that brings alive the bird and animal characters in the story
• Ideal for us in the early primary classroom and in libraries that introduce children to diverse worlds and cultures