The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)

My 5 year old loves it! It’s a great excuse to make pizza together as well as being a great book.

I read The Little Red Hen to my first grade students after my 4 year old came home from school reciting it. When I found this book, I read it to my class and they loved it. I was able to use a venn diagram to compare the two stories. It is a very cute book and the end surpised them!

This is a great twist on the story the little red hen. Instead of making a loaf of bread the little red hen is making a pizza and no one will help her. The pictures in this book are really interesting, they look like they were all formed from paper cut outs and there are lots of other abstract things going on in the pictures as well to discuss with your child. What my son and I love most about this book is that he can help tell the story. He loves the repetitiveness of the story and this book teaches children a wonderful lesson about sharing. I can't say enough good things about this book!

I THINK THAT THE "UPDATED" VERSION OF THE LITTLE RED HEN HAS AN IMPORTANT LESSON, YES, WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T HELP, THEN YOU DON'T GET TO SHARE IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT, BUT THIS LESSON IS SHARING. THE LITTLE RED HEN HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR HERSELF, SO IN THE END, EVEN THOUGH HER FRIENDS DIDN'T HELP, SHE SHARES. AND HOW MANY CHILDREN COULDN'T USE ANOTHER LESSON IN SHARING. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE EYE CATCHING, THE STORY IS GREAT. I LOVE THIS BOOK AS MUCH AS THE ORIGINAL. THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT ON THE FIRST, IT IS AN ADDITION.

My 3 1/2 year-old daughter has enjoyed two different versions of this classic tale for the past year, so right after she had just made a pizza in preschool, this modern version was a sure hit.

I received this book in the mail from a club by accident and kept it because my just-turned 3 year old and I enjoyed it so much. Children really enjoy repetitions (the cat, dog and duck constantly say "Not I." to pleas for help from the red hen. And then there are the numerous mentions about pickled eggplant which have become a joke in our house.) in this book, and it excites my daughter to "read" the next page before I do. It enforces a nice theme of helping each other and the pictures are wonderful. I intend to give it as a gift to several friends!