Dear Amazon Customer Service:

My suggestion pertains to the "Categories" search and ratings feature. I am writing to suggest that a new category be added to the list under "Books - Children's Books - Animals - " to honor an overlooked, yet beloved, children's book animal: the chicken.

Currently, there's a category called "Ducks & Other Waterfowl" and one called "Birds" but there is no separate category for "Chickens." I think it would be terrific if a new "Chickens" category were added, since there are many excellent children's books about them (full disclosure - I am the author of two of them: CHICKEN BEDTIME IS REALLY EARLY and CHICKEN BUTT!, both from Abrams) and, I've found, many people who base their purchases on the presence of their favorite animals in the story. The new "Chickens" category could exist on this same tier, just like "Rabbits" does even though rabbit books can also be found in the "Mice Hamsters Guinea Pigs & Squirrels" category.

I'm sure I don't have to tell you how many excellent chicken books for kids there are: THE LITTLE RED HEN, THE HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY, CHICKEN LITTLE, BIG CHICKENS, CITY CHICKENS, CHICKENS TO THE RESCUE, LOUISE THE STORY OF A CHICKEN, all the books about MINERVA LOUISE, CHICKEN SOUP, CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE, PHILADELPHIA CHICKENS, CHICKEN SUNDAY... and this year alone, CHICKEN BUTT, CHICKEN CHEEKS, CHICKEN DANCE and TILLIE LAYS AN EGG joined the flock!

Thanks for considering this suggestion!

All the best,

Erica S. Perl
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www.ericaperl.com