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Catch that chicken! Cover Image Book Book

Catch that chicken! / Atinuke ; illustrated by Angela Brooksbank.

Atinuke. (Author). Brooksbank, Angela. (Added Author).

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The team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity. Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a little too fast, up the baobab tree, and reaches a little too far ... ow! How can she catch chickens with an ankle that's puffed up like an angry lizard? Could it be, as Nana Nadia says, that quick thinking is more important than quick running? Award-winning author Atinuke celebrates Nigerian village life in a story vibrantly illustrated by Angela Brooksbank with a universal message at its heart.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1536228044 (bo.)
  • ISBN: 9781536228045 (bo.)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. board book edition.
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022.

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LSC 11.99

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Subject: Villages > Nigeria > Juvenile fiction.
Girls > Juvenile fiction.
Chickens > Juvenile fiction.
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Lakeshore Branch BB Atinu 31681020194429 BOARDBOOK Checked out 12/03/2025
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Atinuke was born in Nigeria and spent her childhood in both Africa and the UK. As a traditional oral storyteller, drawing upon her recent Yoruba ancestry, she visits schools and theatres all over the world. Atinuke is the author of the bestselling Anna Hibiscus fiction series, as well as the No. 1 Car Spotter series, and the picture books Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby illustrated by Angela Brooksbank and Hugo illustrated by Birgitta Sif. Atinuke lives on a mountain overlooking the sea in west Wales and supports the charity SOS Children's Village. Visit her online at atinuke-author.weebly.com

Angela Brooksbank, a former designer and art director in children’s book publishing, is the illustrator of B Is for Baby and Baby Goes to Market, both by Atinuke. She lives in London.

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