Janet Morgan Stoeke

This book is very simple and I think gets straight to the point. The book presents a chicken who is nothing like the rest of the coop. She is willing to take the risk and explore the cool, but knows she needs to find something to keep her warm. I think a great way to break this down for students is for them to follow their own paths and find what best interests them or helps them out instead of confining to what they rest of what everyone else is doing. Even at the end of the book when Minerva does find something to keep her warm, she is left with an extra piece of it and before finding out what she should do with it. I can break into a discussion with students to see what ideas they come up with before revealing what happens.… (meer)