The Chicken of the Family is a book written by Mary Amato and illustrated by Delphine Durand. After reading this book I could relate to the main character, Henrietta. Henrietta's two older sisters love to tease Henrietta and convince her to believe that she is a chicken and her parents got her from Barney's farm. Henrietta was certain she was a chicken after waking up with an egg in her bed and feathers on the floor. Henrietta decided to go to Barney's farm to be with her real family, the chickens. Her sisters, Kim and Clare, get in trouble by their parents when they discover that Kim and Clare told Henrietta she was a chicken. Their parents send them to retrieve Henrietta. The book ends unexpectedly when they can't convince Henrietta to come home and that she isn't really a chicken.
This book reminds me of when I was little. Every weekend my cousin Kelly would come over to play with my older sister. Being the little sister I tried to tag a long with the older girls. They would allow me to follow along with them only to their convenience. I wanted to play with them so much that I listened and did whatever they said. I remember letting them shampoo my hair and then afterwards they told me that the shampoo they used would make my hair fall out. They would let me go shopping with them and run away from me leaving me all alone. All brothers and sisters pick on each other and this is a funny book that anyone with brothers or sister can relate to.
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