Turnabout;

by William Wiesner

A farmer gains a new appreciation of his wife's daily work when they switch duties for one day.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Wilhelmina Harper was a prominent children's librarian and noted anthologist and folklorist. She was born in Maine and worked in libraries in New York City, California, and France.

Reviews

[Barry Asmaou]

A farmer and his wife decided to switch jobs for the day. The farmer and his wife went about their day doing each others chores the farmer was having a hard time handle the chicken, breakfast, cow, and maintaining the house. Thinking that his wife work was a lot easier he farmer appreciated everything she does. The images shows how hard the farmer was working and struggled maintaing his wives chores. Gender was a big role in the story because the farmer who is portrayed a strong and can do anything appear to be struggling and hopeless doing is wife's job. The wife is portrayed as a small nourishing woman but she has been doing the hard work in the house. The plot of the story shows that males and females are equal that everything a man can do a woman can do also. Overall I think the book showed gender balanced between man and woman roles in society.