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Mama's Chickens

By: Michelle Worthington, Nicky Johnston (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 8 March 2023

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Hardcover
32 Pages

Age
6+

Grade
P - 4

Dimensions(cm)
1 x 25.3 x 26.3

Hardcover

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A sensitive, beautifully illustrated book that uses backyard chickens to give a closely observed child's-eye view of earlyonset dementia.

Mama didn't want chickens, but she grows to love them as her dementia symptoms increase. Her young children see that she doesn't always act like her old self anymore; this upsets both them and the chickens, but Mama always finds ways to show them just how much they are wanted and loved.

Children will relate to the endearing personalities of the chickens, while the award-winning author draws on her own experience to create an age-appropriate story about the impact of early-onset dementia. The result is a supportive, much-needed book about a reality that many families face.

Dementia doesn't only affect the elderly. Like the parent in the story, people with early-onset dementia may have memory loss, difficulty thinking, trouble recognising people or confusion, or begin acting unlike themselves. Michelle Worthington has personal experience of all of these symptoms since her diagnosis with Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia (a form of dementia), and hopes her book will help children understand what dementia can look like when their caregiver suffers from it.

About the Author/Illustrator

Michelle Worthington is an international awardwinning author of empowering picture books for children.

Nicky Johnston is an illustrator, teacher and presenter, aiming to inspire young children to use their imagination and develop their own ideas.

Industry Reviews

"The book is chook full (see what I did there?) of sweet metaphors, showing the children and chickens feeling interchanging, which I love because illness of any kind is often a whole family experience, children and pets included. It is so important to acknowledge that and this wonderful story/book does this beautifully."

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