One little chooky chick just can’t pull a worm out of the dirt. “What should chooky do?” Ask some friends for help! With the addition of each chick to the worm-pulling queue, the worm grows longer but still won’t budge until a rooster jumps in line to help. Together, they dislodge the stubborn “squirmy, wormy” and unearth a surprise. The cheery graphic-style illustrations are a perfect complement to the rhyming, rhythmic text. These plucky chooky chicks would make a charming choice for read alouds for any size audience. (Ages 1–4)

Fresh illustrations, a rollicking text, and a growing succession of cute little chicks make the counting go down easy.

When one big-eyed chick fails to yank its prize worm from the ground, it’s time to bring in a friend—and then another, and another. But if adding a rooster to the crew still doesn’t do the trick, could it be that a worm isn’t always what it seems? Each turn of the page brings a new number and a new rhyme in this delightful debut from both author and illustrator.