Don't Count Your Chicks - Hardcover

D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin; D'Aulaire, Ingri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1517914469 ISBN 13: 9781517914462

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2023

Synopsis

This delightful storybook by the incomparable d’Aulaires, based on a poem by Hans Christian Andersen, will charm a whole new generation of little readers

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, as the saying goes—but what about counting your eggs?! A woman with a good little house, a cat and a dog, and a fine hen who lays an egg every day (and even with a rooster who crows as if he’d laid the egg) sets off for town with a basket of fresh eggs. How much will she get for them? the woman wonders. Soon she is dreaming and scheming and beaming, counting the eggs and the coins they will fetch . . .  and the hens the money will buy . . . and the eggs the new hens will lay! What bounty those eggs will bring her!  She will buy two geese and a little lamb, which will give her wool . . . why not? Wait and see what happens in this playful take on a beloved Hans Christian Andersen poem. A true classic, Don’t Count Your Chicks brings a timeless story to vivid life with all the old-world charm, humor, and brilliant colors that have made so many of the d’Aulaires’ children’s books perennial favorites.

About this title

About the Author

Ingri d’Aulaire (1904–1980) and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (1898–1986) were authors and illustrators of many popular children’s books, including Children of the Northlights, Ola, Leif the Lucky, d’Aulaires’ Book of Norwegian Folktales, and Nils, all published by the University of Minnesota Press. The d’Aulaires also wrote notable children’s books about Greek and Norse mythology, and their book Abraham Lincoln was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1939.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1517914469
• ISBN 13: 9781517914462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40