The Chicken Problem

by Jennifer Oxley, Billy Aronson · 2012

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Full of humor, refreshingly original characters, and math problems that young readers will be clamoring to help solve, The Chicken Problemis an ideal addition to the home or classroom. Left-brained Peg and her right-brained pal, Cat, are enjoying a picnic on the farm with Pig. However, when someone leaves the chicken coop open and the chicks run-a-muck, it's up to Peg and Cat to use their math skills to help solve their poultry predicament.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thiscatscatsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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