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Big Fat Hen

by Keith Baker · 1994

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One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, shut the door . . . . Nine, ten, big fat hen! Now young children can enjoy a popular nursery rhyme and learn to count, too. Keith Baker's delightful illustrations filled with eggs and chicks (and bugs) are sure to tickle little ones for hours of read-aloud fun.

Themes
animalsbirdspregnancy
Setting
1990s
Subject
science
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
rhymingpoetry

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