Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket by Barbara Park

This book excerpt, "Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket", introduces the character Junie B. Jones, a kindergartener who is apprehensive about an upcoming class trip to a farm. Junie B. is particularly afraid of roosters, despite her mother's attempts to reassure her. The narrative follows Junie B.'s humorous internal monologue and her interactions with classmates and adults as she navigates her anxieties about farm animals, especially roosters and ponies. Ultimately, her fears begin to dissipate when she is entrusted as a "special farm hand" and has a heartwarming encounter with a baby chick named Spike, though she is surprised to learn Spike will grow into a rooster. The excerpt concludes with Junie B. realizing that farmers don't have "nub heads" from rooster pecking, which helps alleviate her biggest fear.