There's a Chicken in the House
$22.50
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
4 August 2026
Summary
What do you do when a curious chicken comes to visit? Show it around, of course!
A sweet and whimsical picture book from award-winning, internationally renowned author Sonya Hartnett and award-winning illustrator Lucia Masciullo.
“This morning the wind blew the door open, and a chicken came into our house.”
“Outside, chicken!” I commanded. But the chicken did not go.
What do you do when a curious chicken comes to visit?
A sweet and funny story from the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761344497 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761344498 |
| Author: | Sonya Hartnett, Lucia Masciullo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 4 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 427g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 257mm x 257mm |
| Audience Age: | 2-7 |
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Sonya Hartnett
Sonya Hartnett
Sonya Hartnett’s work has won numerous Australian and international literary prizes and has been published around the world. She is acclaimed for her stories for adults, young adults, and children.
Her accolades include:
- Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (for Of A Boy)
- The Age Book of the Year (for Of A Boy)
- Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (for Thursday’s Child)
- Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for both Older and Younger Readers (for Forest, The Silver Donkey, The Ghost’s Child, The Midnight Zoo, and The Children of the King)
- Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (for Surrender)
- Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award (for Of a Boy, Butterfly, and Golden Boys)
- CILIP Carnegie Medal (for The Midnight Zoo)
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2008)
In 2021, she published her fourth picture book, Blue Flower, illustrated by Gabriel Evans, which was shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award.
Lucia Masciullo
Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany. She moved to Australia in 2007 and has since been working as an illustrator. She has illustrated over 30 books, including Sonya Hartnett’s CBCA Honour Book and Prime Minister Award short-listed Come Down, Cat!, the Our Australian Girl series, Meet Katie at the Beach by Rebecca Johnson in the Aussie Kids series, and An A to Z of Dreaming Differently by Tracey Dembo. She now lives on the Gold Coast.
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