Independent reading level: Pk-3rd

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Genre
Picture books for children
Writing Style
Attention-grabbing
Thoughtful
Illustration
Colorful
Subject
Chickens
Complaining
Discontent
Dogs
Farm life
Hens
Peacocks

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Everything is mundane at the farm until one day a box arrives with a peacock inside! The peacock attracts all kinds of attention, causing drivers to pull over to visit the farm and buy food from there. But the hens get jealous of how the peacock gets all the praise while they do all the work...

This was a fun little story that boils down to a moral of 'everyone has their own talent.' When the hens and the peacock trade for a day, the peacock sees how he could never lay a single egg and the hens learn that they can't get a single car to stop. Conversely, the hens realize how important the peacock is in helping the farm to sell wares, while the peacock gains an understanding of how hard the hens work each day to lay eggs. All is this is cloaked inside of a silly tale full of emotion and vibrant illustrations.

My only real dislike is that the human characters are "Farmer Tucker" and "Mrs. Tucker," as if he has a profession and she just has a relationship. In all likelihood, she's a farmer as well. Also, they are the only two human characters seen in the illustrations and they are both white, so there's no diversity at all. ( )