About this item
Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them. Everywhere Sonya goes, her chicks are peeping at her heels. Under her care, the chicks grow into hens and even give Sonya a wonderful gift: an egg! One night, Sonya hears noises coming from the chicken coop and discovers that one of her hens has disappeared. Where did the hen go? What happened to her? When Sonya discovers the answers, she learns some important truths about the interconnectedness of nature and the true joys and sorrows of caring for another creature.
About the Author
Phoebe Wahl is a children's book author and illustrator. Her first children's book Sonya's Chickens (Tundra Books) was the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for New Illustrator, and was listed by School Library Journal, Kirkus and HuffPost Books as being one of the Best Children's Books of 2015. Her next book, Backyard Fairies (Knopf) will be released March 6th, 2018. Her upcoming titles include The Paper Mice (Simon & Schuster, written by Megan Wagner Lloyd) and Little Witch Hazel (Tundra Books) . Phoebe lives in Bellingham, WA and is represented by Jennifer Laughran of Andrea Brown Literary.
