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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
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • 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.
Subject: Chickens > Folklore.
Chickens > Juvenile folklore.
Chickens > Folklore.
Crocodiles > Folklore.
Crocodiles > Juvenile folklore.
Dan (African people) > Folklore.
Dan (African people) > Juvenile folklore.
Folklore > Liberia.
Folklore > Liberia > Juvenile literature.

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  • 50 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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