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Peggy is a happy suburban hen. She eats breakfast, plays on her trampoline, and watches pigeons in her sunflower-filled yard until a gust of wind sends her to a bustling city far from home. She picks herself up, walks amid umbrella-holding pedestrians, and makes new discoveries in the city. However she becomes homesick when she sees a girl carrying a sunflower. She hopefully follows the girl onto a train, which does not get her home. She then spies some pigeons and follows them back home, where she eats her breakfast, plays on her trampoline, chats with the pigeons, and sometimes catches the train to the city. Clever ink, watercolor, and photo collage illustrations with detailed local Melbourne landmarks complement the quiet, delightful text. mjw

Title: Peggy: A Brave Chicken On A Big Adventure
Author: Anna Walker
Illustrator: Anna Walker
Publisher: Clarion Books
Copyright: 2014
Original language: English
Original publisher: Scholastic Australia
Original copyright: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-544-25900-3
Hardcover pages: 32
Age range: 4-8
Genre: Picture book
Book setting: Australia
Author’s residence: Australia
Awards: 2013 Children’s Book Council (CBC) of Australia Award Shortlist, 2013 Early Childhood Notables
Subjects: Adventure, Australia, City and town life, Chickens, Oceania