The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly is super sweet and super sad, translated from Korean by Chi-Young Kim. We meet Sprout, a plucky egg-laying chicken at the end of her egg-laying days. Normally this would spell out the end, but Sprout defies everything (including murderous weasels and discriminatory barn animals) and continues to thrive on her own. All her life she’s dreamed of hatching her own egg, and though this seems unlikelier than ever now, she’s determined not to give up.

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Though short, it’s an absolutely beautiful book about challenging other people’s perceptions of you, accepting our differences, and having courage even in adversity. Just a lovely fable-esque tale for adults!