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Life on a Chicken Farm

From the Series Life on a Farm

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Do you know how long it takes for a soft yellow chick to grow into a chicken? Why is it important to always keep lights on in chicken houses? Just ask Loren, a young farmer who helps his family raise almost half a million chickens every year. He’ll show you how a chick grows up, how to keep chickens healthy, and the hard work needed to keep thousands of chickens clean and fed.

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978-1-57505-770-5
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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Science
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Publication Date 2004-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF033000, JNF003080, JNF003030
Dewey 636.5'13
Graphics Full-color illustrations
ATOS Reading Level 4.3
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 76991
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Fast facts, Glossary, Index, Reviewed, and Table of contents

Reviews

The Horn Book Guide

“Life on a Farm Series. In each photo-essay, a child narrator talks about his or her life living and working on a family farm. Captioned color photos and an informative text follow the farm activites, including many aspects of the operation. Websites. Bib., glos., ind.”
—The Horn Book Guide