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Mr. Watson’s Chickens

This tale of a couple whose lives are overrun by poultry is one of the most bighearted picture books of the year—a truly fine feather.

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Review of ‘Mr. Watson’s Chickens’

Mr. Watson and Mr. Nelson live together in a “big, honking house with a teeny-tiny yard in a big, honking city.” Though Mr. Watson only acquires three chickens, before the couple knows it, there are 456 chickens in their home.

As author Jarrett Dapier's perfectly paced storyline and illustrator Andrea Tsurumi’s colorful, clean-lined artwork show,…

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