What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird

What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar BirdA charming and eye opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, one of our finest chroniclers of the natural world (The New York Times). For more than two decades, Sy Montgomerywhose The Soul of an Octopus was a National Book Award finalisthas kept a flock of chickens in her backyard. Each chicken has an individual personality (outgoing or shy, loud or quiet, reckless or cautious) and connects with Sy

and a never-before-seen bonus short story

“John Green is one of the best writers alive

where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

She loves carrying children from one important place to another

life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient

of struggling with her mother's particular

that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are

he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect

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