Chicken, Pig, Cow
In this funny story, three small toy figures—Chicken, Pig, and Cow—live in a popsicle stick barn. Everything is just perfect about their barn. It’s warm, cozy, and smells just right. There are just two things that are less than perfect in their world. The first is a real dog who lives outside. The second is that the barn doesn’t have a door. Readers will enjoy their daring escape which leads to much fun, some fright, and a solution to their problems.
Pennsylvania Center for the Book Awards
Book Activities & Discussion Ideas
Provide popsicle sticks and glue so that children can build barns for small classroom toys. Invite them to make up/act out stories with these toys and barns. Write the children’s stories on a piece of paper or in a blank book. Ask the children to illustrate their stories. Enjoy reading and sharing the “toy stories.”
Share with families the importance of imaginative play, and the ways in which this story can encourage children to talk about, think about, and create stories with their toys, and how this enhances literacy development.