The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

Title: The Little Red Hen
Author/Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Genre: Folklore
Age: 4-5

This book is about a little red hen who discovers these seeds and ask her farm friends to help her with planting these seeds and each had an opportunity to help her because it was something, they could help her with. First she asked the the dog to help her with digging holes, but the dog said no so she had to do it herself. After she had taken care of her crops it was time to harvest them she ask the rat to chop the wheat with his tail, but the rat said no. Then she asked the goat to help her take grain to the mill, since he was strong and steady and it was lovely day to take out his cart, but he said no.  So she took it herself and she was a busy hen, Mr. Miller grounded her grain into flour and gave her jar of berry jam. She then was on her way.  Then she asked the pig to help her bake the bread, since the pig was always delighted with her cooking and the pig said no. So she then baked the bread and once the aroma carried out through the barnyard the other animals wanted to have some bread and the little red hen told them all no, because they didn't help with the process it took to make the bread. So they didn't get any and she shared the bread with her family of chicks.

I liked how this book had the color of the animal that it mentioned, a pig and the words of pig were pink since pigs are usually pink, and the animal drawing of the pig was also pink. This book is a great example of group work and how if one person does all the work they should be the only one to get the credit for the work. This book is perfect for preschool-kindergarten children, so they can learn and understand the importance of working as a team and what can happen if they don't all contribute.
- Peace. Love. Giraffes.

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