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  • Published: 25 June 2024
  • ISBN: 9781645952367
  • Imprint: Holiday House
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $12.99

The Great Mathemachicken 1: Hide and Go Beak




Available in paperback! A young chapter book series starter about a chicken who loves math, science, and learning new things—by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik. Perfect for fans of Unlimited Squirrels and Bumble and Bee.

Available in paperback! A young chapter book series starter about a chicken who loves math, science, and learning new things—by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik. Perfect for fans of Unlimited Squirrels and Bumble and Bee.

Chirpy is a young chicken stuck in the family coop. But she's not like the other chickens who just sit around peck peck pecking all day. She's intrigued by the children who come home from a place called school. They always look so happy! (Well, most days.) 

So Chirpy sneaks onto the bus one morning, hides in the classroom . . . and discovers a true love of math. When she shares what she's learned with the other chickens, they think she's one kernel short of a cob. 

Even so, Chirpy is determined to find a formula for fowl success by pecking away. But when a hungry fox tries to attack the coop, can she find the equation for a simple solution?

With lively two-color art throughout, plus a fun hands-on simple machine activity, this eggs-ellent young chapter book series starter is a Grade-A pick to get emerging readers eggs-ited about science and math.

  • Published: 25 June 2024
  • ISBN: 9781645952367
  • Imprint: Holiday House
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $12.99

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Praise for The Great Mathemachicken 1: Hide and Go Beak

Praise for The Great Mathemachicken Series:

“[A] smart, sprightly chapter book series starter.... Short, dialogue-driven paragraphs by Krulik (the Princess Pulverizer series) are peppered with 'eggs-tra' humor and chicken wordplay...while Alder’s (Doggo and Pupper) cartoon spot illustrations, rendered in tones of yellow, gray, and black, provide plenty of visual characterization.”—Publishers Weekly