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Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County — Janice N. Harrington
Meet one smart chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her grandmother's farm except one â€" the elusive Miss Hen. In a hilarious battle of wits, the spirited narrator regales readers with her campaign to catch Miss Hen, but this chicken is "fast as a mosquito buzzing and quick as a fleabite." Our chicken chaser has her mind set on winning, until she discovers that sometimes it's just as satisfying not to catch chickens as it is to catch them.
A fresh voice full of sass and inventive, bold collage illustrations full of surprises create a childlike escapade brimming with funny high jinks that leads the reader on a merry, memorable chase.
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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- 2007 Delaware Diamonds Award -- Grades K-2 (Nominee)
- 2007 Irma S. & James H. Black Award -- Children's Literature (Honor Book)
- 2008 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
- 2009 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
- 2009 Monarch Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
- 2009 Red Clover Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
- 2009 Volunteer State Book Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
- 2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
- 2010 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Primary (Nominee)
- 2010 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
- 2011 Georgia Children's Book Award -- Picture Storybook (Nominee)
- 2008 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Up to Seven (Recommended)
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- 2007 Kirkus Reviews -- Starred Review - Children (*)
