When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruty learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.

Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her family's move to her Great Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.

A mother hen wakes up one morning to find a gigantic egg among the others in her nest and goes in search of the egg's origin.

Hedgie, the hedgehog, helps Henny, the speckled hen, trick the Tomten who has been eating all of Henny's eggs for breakfast.

When her mother tucks her in for the night, Lulu the chicken worries what would happen if a bear or a tiger or an alligator should come in during the night.

When a mean dog blocks the path to the garden where a delicious breakfast awaits, Little Chick shows her family how brave and clever she is.

As see goes round seeing the babies of the other farmyard animals, Dora becomes less and less proud of her first eggs- until they hatch into cute chicks.

Based on a true story, tells of how a poor Ghanaian boy buys a chicken through a community loan program, which eventually helps lift him, his mother, and his community out of poverty.

Lottie the chicken has a number of adventures at the beach, during which her new towel comes in handy.