The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen
Galdone, Paul
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Houghton Mifflin
Annotation: The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.
Genre: [Fairy tales]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #178604
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
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Common Core/STEAM: Common Core Common Core
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Copyright Date: 1973
Edition Date: 1973 Release Date: 03/18/85
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: Publisher: 0-89919-349-8 Perma-Bound: 0-8479-5213-4
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-89919-349-6 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8479-5213-7
Dewey: 398.2
LCCN: 72097770
Dimensions: 20 cm.
Subject Heading:
Folklore.
Animals. Folklore.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book

These four books (more to come) appear in a uniform paper-over-board edition. Galdone was a refreshingly modest illustrator: his retellings are straightforward and his unassumingly loose-lined, color-separated pictures provide just enough embellishment, as when the lazy cat in The Little Red Hen lolls on the couch, dreaming of sardines. Plenty of white space gives the stories all the room they need.

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Horn Book
Wilson's Children's Catalog
Word Count: 558
Reading Level: 2.9
Interest Level: P-2
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 2.9 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 6124 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:2.5 / points:1.0 / quiz:Q06980
Lexile: 430L
Guided Reading Level: I

This timeless story of having your cake (and eating it, too!) comes to life with Paul Galdone's dynamic, amusing pictures. A classic storybook for all young readers--and a cautionary tale for lazy ones. Little Red Hen is a time-tested tale about how we reap what we sow.

When the Little Red Hen asks a cat, dog, and mouse for help planting some wheat, she gets no takers: "‘Not I!’ said the cat. ‘Not I!’ said the dog. ‘Not I!’ said the mouse."

They won’t water, cut, or grind the wheat... or help bake a cake with it, either. So in the end, the Little Red Hen eats the cake all by herself as well!

Paul Galdone’s delightfully detailed ink and wash illustrations—packed with charming details—add plenty of sly humor to the well-loved story that not only offers a sage message, but also shows children what it takes to make a cake from the ground up!

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