When he adopts an egg left behind on Earth by Chickens from the planet Nestron, Chuck proves that he is no dumb cluck when he defends the egg against a marauding rat. Reprint.
Jane O’Connor wrote this delightful tale in collaboration with her son Robert, now a sixth-grader. She has authored two previous I Can Read Books, Lulu and the Witch Baby and Lulu Goes to Witch School, as well as a middle-grade novel on the HarperCollins list, Just Good Friends. The O’Connors live in New York City.
Megan Lloyd is the illustrator of a number of picture books for HarperCollins, including The Little Old Lady Who was Not Afraid of Anything and, most recently, That Sky, That Rain. She resides in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and is a founding member of, and art director for, the Children’s Literature Council of Pennsylvania.