Georgia Children's Book Award
2011 · Picture Book · Nominee
About This Book
Meet one smart chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her grandmother's farm except one – the elusive Miss Hen. In a hilarious battle of wits, the spirited narrator regales readers with her campaign to catch Miss Hen, but this chicken is "fast as a mosquito buzzing and quick as a fleabite." Our chicken chaser has her mind set on winning, until she discovers that sometimes it's just as satisfying not to catch chickens as it is to catch them.
A fresh voice full of sass and inventive, bold collage illustrations full of surprises create a childlike escapade brimming with funny high jinks that leads the reader on a merry, memorable chase.
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Awards
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2010 · Grades K-3 · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2010 · Primary · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2010 · Picture Book · Nominee
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award
2009 · Grades K-3 · Nominee
Monarch Award
2009 · Grades K-3 · Nominee
Red Clover Award
2009 · Picture Book · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2009 · Grades K-3 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2008 · Picture Book · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2008 · Up to Seven · Recommended
Cybils
2007 · Fiction Picture Book · Winner
Delaware Diamonds Award
2007 · Grades K-2 · Nominee
Irma S. & James H. Black Award
2007 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007)
2007 · Gold · Winner
