Cover Image: Chickens Don’t Live In Tree Houses!

Chickens Don’t Live In Tree Houses!

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Me and my children enjoyed this story with all the chicken characters within. It was about three chickens that gave up their home to live in a tree house while the area was flooded.

This was fun story to read. It had action within. It had a few laughs too. The illustrations want well with the story and were colorful.

I received a complimentary copy via Netgalley. This is my honest unbiased opinions.

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A lovely wee tale of kindness, generosity and a can do attitude. Thanks to the author and publisher for an egalley.

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This sweet and unique children's book shows that solving problems and helping others sometimes requires thinking outside the box. When Lily the chick finds out that a bad flood means that some of her community members need to find a place to stay, she creates a treehouse for her family to live in while their guests take over their current home. The generosity and thoughtfulness of this little chick shows that young children can and want to help others, and that the creativity that goes into problem solving is often best done by little ones! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this sweet book!

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When it rains so much and the water rises, Lily's family open their house up for guests to stay until it is safe for them to go home. But where will Lily and her family live in the meantime? Why, a tree house, of course!

This was a lovely book about sharing with those less fortunate, and about making the best of challenging situations.

I can only review the words, unfortunately, as my ARC had formatting issues that meant I couldn't view the images. The story, however, was well paced for a children's book, and showed the ingenuity of children to make the best of a potentially challenging situation.

~Many thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~

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Home is where you make it, is the theme of this cute book for children. It also is about lending a helping hand, generosity, looking out for others and kindness.

Lily the Chicken wants to help others in need during heavy rains. She comes up with a plan for her family to help others in need. Along the way, they learn that Home is where you make it.

The book also comes with illustrations for small children to enjoy.

I'm not sure if the words all meant to be run together, but my copy had no spaces between words.

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We really enjoyed this book!

I thought that this book had some lovely cute illustrations, they are simple, but fit the story perfectly.

This is the second book I have read in this series by this author and again it was another good one to read with my daughter as she found it to be quite funny

It is 4 stars from me for this one, a nice book, quick to read and easy to follow - highly recommended!

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I was concerned at first, because this one contained almost no words, but then I realized that that is the magic of this book. This one is perfect for the little ones with imaginations beginning to run wild, because it allows you as a narrator to tell your own story within the framework of the precious illustrations - and will give the kiddos a chance to do the same, and learn to interpret images and pictures and depict what is going on and the story within.

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Rain has been falling for days, and Lily the chicken has been quietly observing the steady accumulation of water at the base of the hill where she lives. Lily and her family are fortunate to live high enough to be safe from the advancing floodwaters, but many of their friends are not so lucky. It is determined that friends from lower on the hill will stay at Lily’s house until the water recedes, and Lily comes up with a plan that will maximize their available space to comfortably accommodate everyone. This charming story emphasizes the power of kindness and resourcefulness, especially in the wake of natural disasters. Anthropomorphic chickens are the protagonists of this story, and they are drawn in a simplistic and child-like style to appeal to younger readers. This visual design, coupled with short phrases and an accessible storyline, make this book easy for young children to enjoy. Together, families will consider the behavior of Lily and her family, and the narrative is sure to spark conversations about how readers might approach a similar situation themselves. This book focuses almost entirely on Lily and her family along with the primary message of being willing to step outside of one’s comfort zone to support others in need. Though their visitors are not depicted inside their house as might be expected, the intended purpose of the story comes through nonetheless. Families will find this to be a charming tale to share with their children.

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My second visit to this series is as simplistic and worthy as my other one – here the heroine decides that a tree-house is looking rather suitable when a flood leaves copious people homeless. I guess it aids ‘thinking outside the box’ and of course being charitable, but it is all a little too “woke”.

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The pre publication copy via netgalley has no dialogue so checked it out on Amazon. There is dialogue very basic in line with the age group this book is directed towards. It read better with the dialogue. I see the sentiment's it is trying to put across, sharing, sensitivity to others, selflessness, creativity. All good but the illustrations are a bit too simple for my taste. However, I’m not three years old.

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This was a cute book. The lack of dialogue was fine, until there were a few speech bubbles towards the end. I think the best thing would be to do no speech the whole time, or do it throughout. Cute illustrations

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