Author: Christine Heppermann
Genre: Juvenile Non-fiction
Sir Isaiah's Review:
I love to read non-fiction books and research facts. We started raising chicks this year and I wanted to learn more about them. This book was about chickens who were rescued. Three facts that I learned about chickens was:
1) They like to eat plain spaghetti and lettuce.
2) When a chicken rolls in the dirt its taking a dust bath to keep its feathers shiny and clean.
3) Chickens are the most abused animals in the world.
If you want to learn more about how to help rescue homeless chickens this would be a good book to read.
Mom's Thoughts:
This was a really interesting read. I didn't realize that people actually drop off chickens to their local animal shelters. Sadly, most are put to sleep, because of their involvement in fighting rings. Mary Britton Clouse is awesome. She was able to get her city home permitted to house homeless chickens, and started the Chicken Run Rescue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
What was really disconcerting was that most of the chickens were coming from local schools who hatched the eggs for a school project. When the project was done they would drop the eggs off at the shelter.
Overall, this was a very informative read and promoted awareness of an inner city issue revolving not just around dogs/cats, but chickens too.
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