Chapter Books

Starla Jean Takes the Cake

Publication Date: April 5, 2022 by Roaring Brook Press

Printz Honor winner and National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold is back with Starla Jean Takes The Cake, an irresistible story of a girl, her chicken, and a few new friends, superbly illustrated by A. N. Kang. It’s Willa’s first birthday — a day that doesn’t come along…every day. In fact, it only comes once …

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Starla Jean Cracks the Case

Publication Date: April 18, 2023 by Roaring Brook Press

Starla Jean and her pet chicken, Opal Egg, return in this side-splitting third chapter book, just in time to solve a puzzling mystery that takes them on a chase through the neighborhood! Have you ever walked a chicken on a leash? Well, chicken expert Starla Jean will let you know first hand, it’s not easy. …

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Starla Jean

Publication Date: January 19, 2021 by Roaring Brook Press

Introducing Starla Jean! She’s full of moxie, clever as a fox, and obsessed with catching a chicken she finds at the park. When Starla first sees the scrawny bird wandering around, she just knows they’re destined for one another. Her dad says, “If you can catch it, you can keep it,” and Starla Jean is not one …

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