Boochy's Wings

Yes, the reactions to this book (and to Ms. Weaver's other two books Frawg and Pappy King)are exactly what you would expect, ranging from This to This.

But what I want to know is, what does Alice Dalgliesh have against chickens?

Annie Vaughn Weaver is better known as Ann Weaver Norton, the name she used during her career as a sculptor.(She did blocky quasi-Egyptian stuff like This.) Apparently she only wrote three books, to earn money for art school. Her estate is now a "sculpture garden" and its website does not mention Ms. Weaver's books at all.