Illustrated by

GARTH WILLIAMS

HOWELL, SOSKIN, PUBLISHERS

There are ordinary chickens,

like

Rhode

Island Reds,

Plymouth Rocks, and White Leghorns.

There are patrician chickens,

like

Japanese

Silkies.

But Garth Williams' chickens are unique fowl, with

characters, morals, dispositions

all their

own.

Here
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in

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the famous illustralovely color,

barnyard a lovely place,

in

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GARTH WILLIAMS

HOWELL, SOSKIN, PUBLISHERS

Illustrated by

GARTH WILLIAMS

HOWELL, SOSKIN, PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1946, by Garth Williams, All rights reserved.

Manufactured entirely

in

the United States of

America

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faint

little

moan,

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wish

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"Now, see here," said the mother,

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WHO

LIKES THE

DARK?

Most children

don't, but
all

when they understand

the

magic of the night and

the wonderful things that

lose all their fears. to

happen
Here

after
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sundown, they

a book, a cozy bedtime story designed

make

night pleasant for small children.

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By Virginia Howell
Illustrated in full color

by Marjorie Thompson

$1.50

HOWELL, SOSKIN, PUBLISHERS

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New

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