TY - BOOK AU - Cowley,Joy AU - Elliot,David TI - Chicken feathers SN - 9780143303909 U1 - NZ823.2 22 PY - 2008/// CY - North Shore, N.Z. PB - Puffin KW - Chickens KW - Children's fiction KW - Pets KW - Farm life KW - Children's stories, New Zealand N1 - Novel for children; First published in the United States N2 - Josh is a worrier and for a good reason. A brother or sister is about to be born, but his mother is in hospital with something called 'complications'. Grandma has arrived to run the household while Josh's dad is busy with their chicken farm. And then there's Semolina, Josh's cantankerous but extraordinary pet hen who can talk and has warned Josh about a fox on the loose in the chicken house. Suggested level: primary ER -