This book is part of a book series called Reading Rainbow .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Turtleback Books .

Verna Aardema was born in New Era, Michigan, in 1911. A cedar swamp in the back of her house served as her inspiration and retreat as a young aspiring writer. She was inspired to write for children when she had to make up stories to get her baby daughter to eat. She wrote many African folktales because of her fascination with the infinitely diverse continent. Petra Mathers is a hugely talented, award-winning writer and illustrator. This is the second book in her beautiful series about Lottie, the hen. Petra lives in the U. S. A.