Nicholls, Catriona and Janet Paterson (text) Rod Waller (illus.): Chicken.

George, Howard

**NICHOLLS, Catriona and Janet Paterson (text) Rod Waller (illus.) Chicken Kondinin Group (Workboot), 2008 68pp $24.50 ISBN 9781876068523

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Another title in this excellent series that provides in-depth insights into Australia's agricultural industries using facts, cartoons and colourful illustrations as well as photographs, glossary and index. Chicken is no exception, beginning from the time of the First Fleet and moving forward via a chicken farm and all that happens there, to showing how the five areas of chicken production the source, the producer, the consumer, the product and the environment all have a role in the story of chicken inAustralia. A colourful, entertaining yet education book that both explains and informs the interested reader. HG

** Book by an Australian author or illustrator