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Henny Penny
As she sets off to meet the king, Henny-Penny encounters Cocky-Locky, Ducky-Lucky, and other friends who decide to come along with her on her adventure, but when Foxy-Loxy appears, he has other plans in mind and tries to steer her away.
- GenresPicture Books
28 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
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February 22, 2015
Henny Penny is an example of how following the crowd can, very possibly, get you no where! As traditional tales do, this takes an adult abstract concept and presents it in a comical and concrete representation with animals. The animals are artistically presented in humorous form, almost distraction the reader for the nonsensical action of blinding following the first animal. The book flows nicely from one creature to the next, leading the reader through the book with a rapid pace. The end is not fully descriptive, as the animals simply are "never seen again" The reader is left up to resolve the fate of the animals on her/his own. What did the fox do with the animals? To me, this unfinished ending is appreciated since the book is presented to young readers. The concept within the book is at an adult level of understanding. Children would certainly follow for the joy of the 'following friends', whereas the book presents the 'following' crowd to be doing a foolish thing.
Traditional tales took adult issues and placed them into children's folk tales. Because of the realism within the story, there were often acts of violence within the tales, such as in this one where the possibility of the fox killing and eating all the animals is very likely. It is interesting to note though, during the time that the traditional tales were written, a farm, livestock and use of such animals was more common. I raised my own children with kind 'farm, survival, hunt and use all'... kind of mentality. The idea of a the fox tricking the animals and eating them may not have been so far fetched as it would be today. Children in the year 2014, sometimes do not understand the entire 'food chain' that naturally occurs.
Traditional tales took adult issues and placed them into children's folk tales. Because of the realism within the story, there were often acts of violence within the tales, such as in this one where the possibility of the fox killing and eating all the animals is very likely. It is interesting to note though, during the time that the traditional tales were written, a farm, livestock and use of such animals was more common. I raised my own children with kind 'farm, survival, hunt and use all'... kind of mentality. The idea of a the fox tricking the animals and eating them may not have been so far fetched as it would be today. Children in the year 2014, sometimes do not understand the entire 'food chain' that naturally occurs.
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