The Little Red Hen (Folk Tale Classics)

I have used this lesson at home and in church to teach children that they need to help others.

Truly a timeless tale -- a subtle warning about saying the equivalent of "not me" -- not sure where the teamwork comes in. It gently shows what goes into making bread!

Love it. Had been looking for this version for awhile. Love the illustrations.

One of my favorite books because it teaches such an important lesson.

I gave my granddaughter this book because I had one when I was a little girl and I loved it.

I love this rendition of The Little Red Hen. It's the story of a hard-working little red hen and her lazy friends who, though unwilling to help plant the wheat, tend it, harvest it, mill it, or bake it into a cake, are VERY willing to help eat the fruit of her labor. Some renditions of this story have the red hen share it with the friends anyway, but this to me undermines the very important message for children that "If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat." (2 Thess. 3:10). And interestingly enough, the friends decide to put forth the effort in the future when they know it's the only way to reap the rewards. The illustrations are quite attractive and very cute: the "hangdog" expressions of the repentant friends at the end, the dog lounging in the hammock early on, etc. The text is rhythmic and enjoyable to read. "`Not I,' said the dog. `Not I,' said the cat. `Not I,' said the mouse." My pre-reading children can repeat this part of the story with me. I highly recommend this book to all who are reading with preschoolers or elementary-aged children. It has good lessons and has also been greatly enjoyed by my children (ages 7 ½ on down). I've also given it as a gift before, and anticipate doing that again in the future.

Basically we had this story as children it's one of my more favorite ones although it applies less in the US compared to what it did when I was a kid. The version we had featured the hen making bread after growing and processing wheat to flour and in the end she does not share it with any of the lazy bum animals. I'm this book she makes cake. In the end in both books the lazy animals decide they'll help the hen from now on so they too can share in the rewards of labor. Obviously what is taught still applies but I think more so in Asia than in the US these days but it is still worth teaching to children. This book is a hard cover copy and nicely illustrated and would be fine for teaching children to read once they start to grasp basic words.

Just a cute story. I remember it from when I was little so I wanted it for nostalgia. Will hopefully keep forever.

Such a fantastic classic. Beautiful pictures, good quality binding and such a fun story to read to your littles.

やはりポールガルドンの絵が素敵です。見ていて楽しくなります。

I ordered this book for my little niece. It is perfect because got really big letters. I ordered paperback version by accident so I would recomend to anyone to buy hard cover, because book is of course short so is really floppy.

This was my favourite book as a child, and passing it on to new generations. Still as good today as it always was and the story is even more prevalent today in such a selfish society.

Fue un regalo destinado a una persona que había conocido el cuento original pero en francés