Chickenhouse House, The [Hardcover]

Linda Howard (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up

When Alena and her family move onto new farmland out on the prairie, they must live at first in the chickenhouse because there is no time to build a house before winter; then with the warm weather comes the excitement of watching the big new house go up.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-- A short novel based on an incident that happened over 100 years ago. A young girl and her family temporarily move into a chickenhouse until their new home can be built on the midwestern prairie. Alena is used to living in her grandparents' large comfortable farmhouse and finds the makeshift dwelling crowded and cold and the dirt floor unpleasant. She is distressed when she visits her relatives and finds that the once familiar surroundings have changed. Slowly, the chickenhouse feels more like home. In fact, when it comes time to move, the new house seems as strange as the chickenhouse once did. In an amusing ending, Alena's father helps her to realize that it takes time to get used to new places and things. This warm family story about a universal experience is sure to please young and beginning readers. This is a much younger Alena than appeared in the other two books about this family, Edith Herself (1987) and Sister (1990, both Atheneum). Unfortunately, some of the black-and-white drawings are stiff and too sketchy to add much interest to the story. --Virginia Golodetz, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 52 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum (April 30, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068931695X
• ISBN-13: 978-0689316951
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,075,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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