Description
Chicken Love is a children's picture book. It is the story of an eight year old girl who adopts a pet chicken and tries to hide it from her mother. The book teaches pet care and responsibility. Becky is a typical eight year old girl who very badly wants a pet. She thinks she wants a puppy, but her parents feel that she is not ready for the responsibility of a dog. For her birthday, she receives money from her grandmother, but no puppy. Her older sister takes her to the local shopping mall and Becky visits the pet store. Not being able to afford a puppy with only ten dollars to spend, she ends up buying a baby chick. Since she had not received permission to get a pet, she hides the chick in her bedroom. Of course, her mother finds it and does allow her to keep the chick. This book illustrates pet care and responsibility for children and shows how a pet can add to ones life.