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  • Published: 4 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9780143779179
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $24.99

Business Chickens



A funny and fabulous picture book as wild and wonderful as Fran herself – for anyone who’s not your average chook and has the courage to follow their dreams!

Most chickens make good business chickens. They’re neat, arrive on time and they take everything very seriously. Fran is not a good business chicken . . . But maybe, just maybe, that’s okay.

  • Published: 4 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9780143779179
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Jess McGeachin

Jess McGeachin is a writer/illustrator/designer based in Melbourne. He loves telling stories about hidden worlds just outside our own, and hiding clues in them for small eyes to find. Drawing on a love of natural history (and a day job at Melbourne Museum), Jess hopes that his stories inspire the reader to explore both real and imaginary places and meet the characters that live in them.

http://www.jessmcgeachin.com/about/
https://drawthemoon.com/about

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Praise for Business Chickens

. . . quirky and inspiring . . . young readers and their families will fall in love with outsider Fran and root for her the whole way through . . .

Karys McEwen, Australian Books + Publishing

A wonderful fable about finding your place, of looking out for your positive abilities, of not being one in a crowd . . . will thrill younger readers as they watch Fran come into her own.

Fran Knight, Read Plus

. . . a new take on an old theme of having the courage to be yourself and follow your own dreams . . . an engaging story that will make young readers really start to cheer for Fran and her right and need to be herself

Barbara Braxton, Australian Teacher Librarian Network

Utterly hilarious . . . will encourage your young ‘uns to explore their own individuality, what makes them special, and where their strengths lie.

Sue Warren, Just So Stories

High-spirited fun . . . punny details and a sweet message

Gemma Nisbet, The West Austalian

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