Fast brave Lami has to learn to do quick thinking not quick running if she wants to be the
best chicken catcher in the village! Lami loves chickens. She's the best chicken catcher in the
village. She's fast she's brave and she always catches that chicken. Until the day she chases
one up the baobab tree slips ... and falls. How can she catch chickens with a sore ankle?
Could there be another way to catch that chicken? Told with great humour by Nigerian
storyteller Atinuke this story of the headstrong impetuous Lami will strike a chord with all
children. The gentle message - to use quick thinking not just quick running - gives an
incredibly satisfying ending while Angela Brooksbank's beautiful artwork captures the energy
and the beauty of the West African setting perfectly.
