Book Review of A Chicken Was There: Tales of the Pioneer Chickens Who Helped Settle the Great American West by A. A. Davenport. This is part of Josie’s Joyful Book Reviews for Kids.
Full Title: A Chicken Was There: Tales of the Pioneer Chickens who Helped Settle the Great American West.
Author: A. A. Davenport
Series: A Chicken Was There (8-books)
Genre: Humorous Historical Fiction
Book Summary
This book has lots of short stories of chickens who helped settle the great American West.
Did you ever think you’d meet a chicken who:
- met Jessie James’s foot on a train?
- lived in a Nez Perce camp?
- learned how to place three-card Monte?
- found gold in a river?
- helped build the transcontinental railroad one egg at a time?
- rode on a stagecoach and met black Bart?
- lived in Yellowstone?
- hatched a crazy plan to get some leeches?
You’ll find all these adventures and more in A Chicken Was There Book 1.
Josie’s Thoughts on A Chicken Was There
I give this book 5/5 stars. I love chickens and love that this book is about adventurous chickens. It’s also a funny book yet great way to learn about events in history.
You would like this book if you like chickens, humor, and history.
Similar Books and Recommendations
If you’re interested in this book, you can also check out the entire A Chicken Was There series, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm, Emily’s Runaway Imagination, and the Ranger in Time series.
- A Chicken Was There Trilogy (books 1-3)
- A Chicken Was There Too
- A Chicken Was There Also
- A Chicken Was There: WWII
- A Chicken Was There at Christmas
- A Chicken Was There Animal Heroes
- A Chicken Was There: Inventors, Explorers, and World Changers
- Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm by Betty MacDonald
- Emily’s Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary
- Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner
Save & Share This Book Review
Save this for later to add to your Reading List and share it to help other children, teachers, and parents find great books they love.
This is Review #7 in Josie’s Joyful Book Reviews for Kids.
More Book Reviews for Kids
- Ranger in Time
- Summer with the Moodys
- A Time of Legends
- Baby Island
- Felicity’s Surprise (American Girl)
- Heidi -Great Illustrated Classics