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Isabella Rossellini pens a tribute to her beloved barnyard birds
After ordering a box of rare-breed chicks for her Long Island farm, Isabella Rossellini quickly became fascinated with her new brood. The actress vividly conveys this delight in My Chickens and I, a charming book filled with playful pictures and quirky illustrations of her feathered friends, that will be enjoyed by both young and old. As well as introducing us to her favourites, including Andy Warhol the Polish crested chicken and Amelia Earhart the Welsummer, Rossellini explains how the birds see colour far more vividly that we do, and compares their exotic plumage to Dior couture… tf ‘My Chickens and I’ by Isabella Rossellini (£18.99, Abrams) is out now.