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The Little Red Hen (Little Golden Book)
Beloved illustrator J. P. Miller’s graphic, colorful farm animals seem to jump right off the page—but they aren’t jumping to help the Little Red Hen plant her wheat! Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite folktale.
Hardcover, 24 pages
Published
August 18th 2010
by Golden Books
(first published 1954)
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A classic capitalist fable, only slightly altered from the original. Too bad my daughter doesn't seem to understand why the hen is "being mean" and "not sharing." However, this has remained one of her most requested stories for a year, and she loves to say all of the "Not I" parts, and she is slowly starting to get the point.
Assuming this is the version I read & reread as a child (probably, as I had access to lotf of Little Golden Books): This version makes it clear that there's a *lot* of work involved in baking the bread, from sowing the wheat to raising the chickens, etc. And this version makes it clear that the so-called friends are self-centered and lazy. As a mom/martyr, I empathize - but as one who values sharing, I'm always looking for new versions of the story with nicer endings (Armadilly Chili), or at ...more
This folk-tale explores the process of growing wheat as well as the value of hard work. The little red hen plants, reaps, takes the wheat to the mill and makes it into dough all on her own and without and help from her friends. In the end, the hen offers her freshly baked loaf of bread which she made from the wheat she sowed but when her friends say they will help her eat it, she replies "No, I will eat it myself." The moral I get from the story is that you reap what you sow, and that ...more
The story is about a hen that has several “so-called” friends who will not help her with her farming. These friends are not interested in helping at all until the hen has a nice loaf of bread freshly out of the oven, and then they all want to help her eat it. This folktale deals with the idea of helping our friends and reaping the benefits of that (sowing and reaping). The hen ended up doing all of the work and was able to enjoy the fresh bread all by herself. This story has a good morale an...more
This classic story of a hen who asks for help, but does not receieve it, is a great story to read to children at a young age because it gives a good lesson, and it has repeating phrases that engage them in the story. The hen only gets a positive response when all the animals want to eat the bread after she is finished with all of the labor she puts into planting, harvesting, and baking the wheat. Hopefully students will get the message of helping others out. This is a story that sticks with you ...more
Jenna Seivert
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The classic talk of The Little Red Hen has always been a favorite of mine. After reading it again found I enjoy it just as much as I did when I was a child. The story is about a Hen who asks her friends to help her make a loaf of bread. None of her friends want to help but they do however want to help eat the bread after it is made. The story has a good moral, saying that helping others pays off in the end.
My 2-year old son has mixed feelings about this book. The pictures are somewhat abstract, and he doesn't recognize very many things in them yet. He does not recognize the farm animals or have any concept of growing wheat or bread baking yet. Unfortunately it is too far outside his experience to be understood at this age. The amount of text on each page can tax his attention span as well.
Is the Hen cruel? I used to think that. I understood the main lesson as a child but I still thought the hen was cruel. Upon further reflection I guess she wasn't there to teach through words but actions so it is a very effective teaching book about self sustainment, and responsibility. We the readers are to learn and the dog and pig left to ponder in unwritten pages of their own.
I used this book in my children's ESL class for 3-6 year olds. For our last class before summer break, I wanted to bake chocolate chip cookies with the class. One little boy raised his hand and said that we should all bring something. He really understood the story: who doesn't contribute, doesn't get to enjoy the product. So I gave each child a slip of paper with a picture of what they were to bring with the German and English word for that item. They were so proud to contribute to the product...more
A classic children's book that I have just read for the first time. The little red hen does all of the housework around the house while the cat, dog, and mouse do nothing. She bakes bread from scratch and when it is all finished the three other animals want a taste and she refuses because she did all of the work. Good book for teaching students about the value of hard work.
I know..I know...a 28yr old adding a KID'S book?!?! Hey...I read this book and I'm gonna be straight up...this is one of my ALL time favorite kid's book! I absolutely love the attitude of this hen! She busted her tail to make the bread with NO help of those around her..and then when it's time to eat...does she share it?! HELL NO!! Guess they should have helped! HAHHAHAHA!
Angela Moorer
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"Not I...." This is the famous line of repetition in the old favorite! Nobody wanted to help the hen do all of her hardwork but they wanted to reap the benefits. This is the perfect selection to help students understand the necessity of teamwork. I would read this book in the early grades to encourage that sense of building community and helping others.
The little red hen keeps asking form help when she was going through all the steps of making bread. No one would help her until it was time to eat the bread. This book is wonderful to read to teach a class about the importance in not only helping when you can benefit from it but helping every time someone asks for your help.
This book is about a hard working hen and her lazy friends. It shows you have to work hard for what you want and that hard work reaps benefits where as laziness gets you nothing. "Not I" refrain that kids can read along. This would be cute acted out as a play since it has easy to follow sentences and characters.
This is the traditional story where the animals don't help the hen and therefore she eats the bread all by herself. I personally don't like this ending, but it made for a good discussion. My son and I talked about whether the hen was selfish or not, and why the other animals couldn't eat the bread.
A common saying around our house is, "Not me!" said the Little Red Hen (though she was the one who always took the blame).
I loved this book. Before I could read, I made my dad read this to me almost every night. I wonder what happened to that book.
I loved this book. Before I could read, I made my dad read this to me almost every night. I wonder what happened to that book.
WE all know the story of the little hen who won't receive any help from her friends. They do not want to contribute to the hard work but can't wait to benefit from it. Share this book with pre-k to 2nd graders to tell them about teamwork.
I used this book in my Kindergarten placement with puppets and supplies to make a loaf of bread(although I sort of turned my loaf of bread into "sweet bread" (cake)! Great for teaching the value of teamwork!
This book has a good moral to it about helping others and teamwork. The Little Red Hen had some wheat to plant and take care, but no one would help her plant it, sow it, harvest it, or bake it. So since they didn't want to help her work and since she worked so hard, she wouldn't let them partake in eating it with her because they didn't work hard for it like she did. This would also be a great book to use during a Social Studies lesson. You could use it to teach about a mini-society to where...more
My mother read this to me when I was little - it was my favorite book.
"I'll just do it myself!"
I enjoyed reading it to my children, but I don't think they liked it as much as I did.
"I'll just do it myself!"
I enjoyed reading it to my children, but I don't think they liked it as much as I did.
This book is the classic take on the fairy tale THE LITTLE RED HEN. The pictures are really good. There is a moral lesson to the book about helping others. Cute easy book to read with your students.
Someone recently added this to their list, and I had to add it to mine. I mean when you see a title and think, "OMG, I remember that from when I was a little kid", then you know it's special.
The hard working Hen once again is working alone. I love this book and would actually use this for a cause and effect lesson. It is shows examples of postive and negative cause and effect.
I saw a version of this on Between the Lions and realized I'd heard this story before. I chose this edition because it is the most popular edition, since its a little golden book.
In this day and age of everyone's a winner kind of mentality...this was a refreshing change. I don't ever remember reading this book as a child...but I love reading it to my daughter!
Laura
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Love this book! This book is filled with so many powerful messages. Community, friendship, hard-work, and even a little bit of science. I read this book over and over as a child. The pages are very predictable making it an wasy read. I will make sure to share this book with my students!
Ebono1
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good book on community helpers. Not only does this talk about different animals, but it helps with natural consequence and the idea that success doesn;t come without hard work.
My mother used to read this book to me all the time as a child. It is a great story with fun rhymes and also teaches a great lesson about helping others and not being lazy!
The other day my husband and children were grinding wheat to make homemade bread. It reminded me of this book, although at our house everyone was excited to help out.
Just got this classic at Half-Price Books for .50 How cool is that? I love to here La remind the other animals that the Little Red Hen did all the work. Too precious.
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