Book description
A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, "one of our finest chroniclers of the natural world" (The New York Times).
For more than two decades, Sy Montgomery-whose The Soul of an Octopus was a National Book Award finalist-has kept a flock…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked What the Chicken Knows as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Chickens are ubiquitous—they outnumber humans by a ratio of more than 3-to-1—yet they’re one of the world’s most underestimated and misunderstood creatures.
Did you know that hens communicate with at least twenty-four distinct calls that convey specific information, like what type of predator is approaching and how quickly? Or that they will choose not to peck a button that rewards them with food if it means they'll get more food later?
Through personal stories and scientific studies, Sy Montgomery pieces together a new picture of the world’s most common birds as surprisingly complex and intelligent—and, one might argue, quite lovable.…
If you love What the Chicken Knows...
What Walks This Way
Nature writer Sharman Apt Russell tells stories of her experiences tracking wildlife—mostly mammals, from mountain lions to pocket mice—near her home in New Mexico, with lessons that hold true across North America. She guides readers through the basics of identifying tracks and signs, revealing a landscape filled with the marks…
Want books like What the Chicken Knows?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 81 books like What the Chicken Knows.
📚 If you like What the Chicken Knows, you might also like...
What's Gotten Into You
What's Gotten Into You is a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who…
The City Sings Green & Other Poems About Welcoming Wildlife
A unique and artful blend of poetry, science, and activism, this picture book shows how city dwellers can intervene so that nature can work her magic.
In Oslo, Norway: citizens create a honeybee highway that stretches from one side of the city to the other, offering flowerpots, resting spots, bee…