A Hen, A Chick And A String Guitar: Inspired By A Chilean Folk Tale - Hardcover

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841487961 ISBN 13: 9781841487960

Publisher: Barefoot Books, 2005

Synopsis

A cumulative tale from Chile that begins with a hen and ends with sixteen different animals and a guitar.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Read MacDonald has been described by US publication School Library Journal as 'a grand dame of storytelling'. She has travelled the world on storytelling tours, has written over thirty books and has a Ph.D. in Folk Lore from Indiana University. Margaret teaches storytelling at the University of Washington and has been a children's librarian since 1965. I Had a Hen, I Had a Chick is her first title for Barefoot. Sophie Fatus is a full-time illustrator and sculptress, who studied at the prestigious Academy of Fine Art in Paris. Her brightly coloured illustrations and quirky style are world-renowned and have graced the pages of several other Barefoot Books including The Story Tree (2001), Babushka (2002), The Barefoot Book of Monsters! (2003), Riddle Me This! (2003), and My Daddy is a Pretzel (2005). Sophie lives in Florence.

Review:

'The Gigantic Turnip is an old, old tale, but this new version has to be one of the best ever... Rhythmical, funny and perfectly paced' -- The Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Barefoot Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1841487961
• ISBN 13: 9781841487960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Fatus Sophie