Cluck, The Eggstraordinary Story of Chickens: Evelien De Vlieger

Cluck, The Eggstraordinary Story of Chickens: Evelien De Vlieger

  • Children & YA
  • Free but ticketed. Ages 6-12
  • St. Brendan’s Hall
  • 13/07/2026 - 12:00 pm

Join Belgian author Evelien De Vlieger to find out everything you ever wanted to know about chickens with her book Cluck, The Eggstraordinary Story of Chickens, (illustrated by Jan Hamstra and translated by Michele Hutchison). Jan Hamstra’s beautiful linocut illustrations bring all the amazing chicken facts to life -Find out about chickens’ dinosaur origins, explore how to categorize their feathers and learn how to say cock-a-doodle-doo in 20 languages! Evelien will test your knowledge with a chicken quiz and help you design and draw your own bird. Older children can also make a tiny chicken book from a single sheet of paper.

Duration: One hour. Ages 6-12 

Please note: This is an event for a maximum of 30 children. Booking is required only for children attending the event. Accompanying parents and guardians do not need to book a seat. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for the duration of events in St Brendan’s School Hall.
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This beautiful book is the ideal guide for budding ornithologists and keepers of garden flocks. Fully illustrated throughout, Cluck! invites young readers (and their grown-ups) on an engaging journey to discover the fascinating world of chickens. Explore the wide variety of chicken breeds, uncover how they think and feel, learn the terminology for their anatomy, delve into their history and find out which types of eggs different breeds lay. You’ll also discover how to ‘speak chicken’, along with tips on handling and caring for these characterful birds. With lively, playful text and intricate, colourful linocut illustrations, this visual encyclopaedia celebrates chickens in all their feathered glory. 

 

This event is supported by Flanders Literature as part of their Flip Through Flanders programme

   

 

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