Little Red Hen

by Amye Rosenberg (Illustrator)

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 bread she makes from it.

Genres: Animals

21 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute book

[Alyssia Saldana · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The Little Red Hen" illustrated by Amye Rosenberg is about a Hen that is going through the process of planting wheat and then turning it into flour, then into bread. Throughout the entire story, she asks the Cat, the Dog, and the Rat if they want to help her in which they all respond "Not I!". The Hen doesn't seem to mind that they don't help her because she just ends up doing all the work by herself. At the end of the book, she has baked the bread and she asks the other animals if they want to help her eat it. They all want to help her eat it, but she doesn't let them because they all made her do all of the work by herself so she decides she is going to eat the bread all by herself. Of course, the other animals are not happy with her response.
The illustrations in "The Little Red Hen" have an enhancing interaction with the text throughout the book. The pictures show a lot more than the text could describe. It shows the facial expressions of each animal and how they each behave. The mood and tone of the book is very humorous and light hearted. Again, the pictures do enhance the humor of the animals and what they say. The literary element that is emphasized is the characters. They each have different personality's and they are all shown throughout the story in both text and images. I would say that my overall experience with the book was quite joyful.

[Ana Mendoza · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a little red hen who planted grain, turned the grain into flour, then made a bread with it. No one helped her with the process until it came time to eat the bread. At that moment, is when the rat, cat, and dog offered to help and the hen refused to let them have a slice since nobody contributed to help.

Through out the story, repetition is created with the characters to carry the plot on. Every time the hen asked for help she received a no through out the book until it came time to eat. Because she had to do everything on her own, an underlying independent sense was created. The hen planted, cut, grinded, and baked a loaf of bread on her own. Hard work was also illustrated throughout her independence. Her hard work was the result of a tasty loaf of bread. She refused to share because every one told her no repeatedly when she needed help. She enjoyed the fruits of her hard work.

[Mayra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a hard working hen who didn't need her friends in order to get something done. Throughout the book it demonstrates her process in making bread.One day the hen had found some grain and decided that she wanted to plant it, her friends,the cat, the mouse and the dog, were with her the whole but didn't want to help in the process. She starts off by planting the seeds into the ground, cutting the wheat, grind the flour,and bake the bread, and no one wanted to help. It wasn't until the end of the book where the cat, the dog, and the mouse had a change of mind.

The setting of this book took place somewhere outside, where the characters are able to grow crops. The plot was very simple,It relied most on repetition and easy for young children to follow. I feel like the characters were flat, we didn't know much about them. The tone was lighthearted. The book was symmetrical with word and image interaction because the pictures followed well the words of the story.