Minerva Louise, a rather simple but curious hen, wanders away from the farm and explores a school. The text provides Minerva Louise’s understanding of what she sees – she views the school as the barn and a wastepaper basket as a feed bucket – while readers see the real thing from the cleanly crafted and crisply colored illustrations. Words and pictures capture a broad, child-like humor. Other Minerva Louise adventures include A Hat for Minerva Louise (1994) and Hide and Seek (1999)
Even though chickens Midge, Pip, and Dot discover that Rooster Sam cannot fly, they still admire and love him. Short vignettes in easy language about silly chickens on a farm combine with uncluttered illustrations to convey a range of silly and cocky fowl behaviors.
