Chook Chook: Mei's Secret Pets - perfect girls book for age 8 and up

Aug. 7, 2012 - PRLog -- From Wai Chim, a talented new voice in children’s storytelling, comes Chook Chook: Mei’s Secret Pets, a heartfelt tale of love, loss and the power of kindness set against the backdrop of rural China.
Since the death of Mei’s father, her ma has refused to keep animals on the family farm. So when Mei finds two baby chickens, she shares her delightful discovery with no one but her older brother Guo.
Snuggled together, in the middle of a patch of wilting wildflowers, were two tiny puffs of soft yellow down. They had tiny pink beaks and tiny pink claws and tiny button eyes. Their eyes darted around and looked up at me.
Pip! Pip! Peep! Peep! Peep! Peep! Peep! Peep! POO!
They were the fuzziest, funniest and most finely feathered baby chooks I had ever seen.
Mei and her brother revel in the company of their feathered friends and do their best to keep them a secret, but all does not go as planned. When ma sells the chooks to the fearsome one-eyed butcher, their fates seem sealed. With no money to pay the butcher, how can Mei save her beloved chickens?
Drawing inspiration from a traditional Cantonese nursery rhyme and her own parents’ experiences of growing up in rural Hong Kong and China, Wai captures the different customs and cultures, and uses language and expressions to provide readers with a rich experience of village life.
Chook Chook: Mei’s Secret Pets is a charming tale about the joy that comes from the simple things in life – honesty, kindness and hard work – and one that is certain to enchant young and old readers alike.

Published in Australia, available for purchase online.

Visit http://www.waichim.com/books2/ for more information.