Illustrations and rhyming text follows two animal friends as they play pretend games, fly down a slide, flop in a puddle, and run around a tree.

Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her family's move to her Great Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.

Longing for adventure, intrepid Louise leaves her comfortable nest and goes to sea, the circus, and a bazaar.

While trying to escape from a wolf, four frightened chickens keep getting themselves into the very predicaments they are trying to avoid.

Although unaware that a fox is after her as she takes a walk around the farmyard, Rosie the hen still manages to lead him into one accident after another.

Earl and Pearl do not want Chicken's help in the garden, until a swarm of grasshoppers arrives and her true talent shines.

When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.

Out for an early morning walk, a chicken wanders into a school that she mistakes for a fancy barn.

Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 266-pound chicken.