kiddieliter

   When the sun had been missing for three days, some little chicks became worried because it was sad and cold without sunshine.  They wanted to know where the sun was and sought to find it.  The mother hen prepared them for their journey by giving each chick a grain of rye and a poppy seed.  Their trek led them to encounter other cooperative animals and their places of habitat.  Each animal encountered would suggest another animal which might be able to help them find the sun.  It then would join the chicks on their quest.  The delightful ending to this colorfully illustrated book (which is an adaptation of a Slovenian folk tale) emphasizes how each helping the other leads to the desired, but surprising, outcome.