By: Barbara Park
Chapter Book
This book does well with relating to children who have a fear to overcome. Junie and her class plan to take a field trip to the farm. Meanwhile, Junie hears that roosters are mean at every farm. Junie struggles with many excuses of why she absolutely can not go to the farm. She pretends to be sick, acts like her homework load is too heavy, and many other trying tasks to escape the farm. Finally her mother tries to excite Junie by buying her overalls and a disposable camera to take pictures. Her efforts did excite Junie but did not take away Junie’s fear of the rooster. While at the farm she finds a baby chick that she falls in love with. When the farmer tells her the chick will soon become a rooster, Junie realizes that ALL roosters are not mean. I would use Junie’s example to emphasis giving something’s a chance before we decide we do not like them.
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