Chicks and the City

“Chicks and the City is a playful, rhyming romp through the hustle and bustle of urban life that exists alongside beautiful, thriving city gardens everywhere. Chicken Stu’s adventure from the country to the city reveals that the grass is green on both sides!”

—DAR HOSTA-JAMES, Author/Illustrator

Chicks and the City

I’m excited to see Chicken Stu’s story come to life on the page. From his humble beginnings on the farm, Chicken Stu is poised to become the official spokes-chicken for Urban Agriculture.

—JOHN PORTER, Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator, Nebraska Extension, and former chair, West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference

MATT BROWNING is a Charleston, West Virginia, based writer and marketing professional who has led the award-winning marketing efforts for the West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference since its inception in 2014. His first book, Bookstore Explorer: West Virginia, celebrates the Mountain State’s independent bookshops. Chicks and the City is his first children’s title.

Award-winning author and illustrator, ASHLEY BELOTE, is a summa cum laude graduate of Alderson Broaddus College with a B.F.A in visual art with a minor in creative writing. After two semesters of graduate work at West Virginia University she continued her graduate study through the Simmons College satellite graduate program at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.

She holds a Masters in Arts Administration through the University of Kentucky and is a graduate of Don Bluth University. Ashley is also a portrait artist, muralist and art instructor. For more information visit www.AshleyBelote.com.

Matt Browning

Matt Browning

ILLUSTRATED BY Ashley

Belote

Chicken Stu isn’t a typical barnyard bird. From the top of the silo, he stares at the city in the distance, dreaming of lattés, museums, and penthouse suites. But the other animals warn him the city is no place for fowl. A chicken’s home, they say, is on the farm. When Stu finds himself on a truck headed toward the bright lights and tall buildings, he decides to prove just how citified farming can be!

“Chicks and the City is a playful, rhyming romp through the hustle and bustle of urban life that exists alongside beautiful, thriving city gardens everywhere. Chicken Stu’s adventure from the country to the city reveals that the grass is green on both sides!”

—DAR HOSTA-JAMES, Author/Illustrator

Chicks and the City

I’m excited to see Chicken Stu’s story come to life on the page. From his humble beginnings on the farm, Chicken Stu is poised to become the official spokes-chicken for Urban Agriculture.

—JOHN PORTER, Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator, Nebraska Extension, and former chair, West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference

MATT BROWNING

is a Charleston, West Virginia, based writer and marketing professional who has led the award-winning marketing efforts for the West Virginia Urban Agriculture Conference since its inception in 2014. His first book, Bookstore Explorer: West Virginia, celebrates the Mountain State’s independent bookshops. Chicks and the City is his first children’s title. For more information visit www.MattBrowningBooks.com.

Award-winning author and illustrator, ASHLEY TEETS, is a summa cum laude graduate of Alderson Broaddus College with a B.F.A in visual art with a minor in creative writing. After two semesters of graduate work at West Virginia University she continued her graduate study through the Simmons College satellite graduate program at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.

She holds a Masters in Arts Administration through the University of Kentucky and is a graduate of Don Bluth University. Ashley is also a portrait artist, muralist and art instructor.

Matt Browning

Matt Browning

ILLUSTRATED BY Ashley

Teets