Chickens aren't the only ones
by Ruth Heller
Picture book · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 620L · 8 pages · 1994
Why we'd hand it over
Ruth Heller's masterpiece—rhyming couplets + intricate watercolor illustrations teach egg-laying across the animal kingdom while modeling scientific observation; kids absorb real taxonomy without noticing.
What parents said
We read Chickens Aren't the Only Ones in our kindergarten curriculum and they love it.