Gwen the Rescue Hen

By Leslie Crawford and Leslie Crawford

Book Overview

Winner of the 2020 Northern Lights Book Award Honoring Children's Literature of Exceptional Merit

PACKED with 22 fun facts about chickens

Gwen the Rescue Hen is the heart-warming story of a quick-witted chicken who discovers the joy of being a hen after she's sprung from an egg-laying farm, and finds her way to a boy named Mateo.

Gwen has spent her whole life in a big egg-laying hen house, so she knows very little about what chickens can do (besides lay eggs, of course). A fateful tornado turns her world upside-down and sideways, landing her in a strange new place that's nothing like the hen house.

Using her wits and chicken superpowers, Gwen dodges danger at every turn until she finds safety and friendship with a boy named Mateo. Together they discover how extraordinary an ordinary chicken really is.

The book includes a bonus section called More About Chickens, where curious readers can learn that chickens have extraordinary eyesight, a complex language of 24 sounds, and are descended from dinosaurs, among other fun facts about chickens.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998862320
• ISBN13: 9780998862323
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Stone Pier Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2