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The Chicken Thief

Author: Béatrice Rodriguez

Illustrator: Béatrice Rodriguez

$24.99 Hardback

This book is as much about loyalty, friendships and misunderstandings as it is a love story.
Tomorrow's Schools Today

Synopsis
When a fox steals a chicken from her friends, her friends set out to rescue her. They negotiate forests, climb mountains and cross the sea to get her back. But it becomes perfectly clear that chicken and fox love each other, as chicken explains most eloquently—in a book entirely without words.

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lovereading4kids.co.uk, November 2009

How can a book with no blurb on the cover or inside the book be s...

50 Best Children's Books of 2009, The Listener, December 2009

There are no words in The Chicken Thief; the story of the fox who...

The Guardian, December 2009

An unusual love story unfolds across visually captivating spreads...