The Chicken

This is the story of a chicken, that laid an egg and bred until from the egg hatched a chicklet, that grew to be a chicken, that laid an egg and bred until from the egg hatched a chicklet, that grew to be a chicken, that laid an egg and bred until from the egg hatched a chicklet, that grew to be a rooster, that crowed on the dunghill. But the other animals told him to shut up, because they wanted to sleep. Only he wouldn't listen and kept on crowing, until along came the mouse, to tell him it time for the story to end.

The perfect book to straddle some idle time with the kids.