Reviews for The Little Red Hen

The average rating for The Little Red Hen based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-12-26 00:00:00 Lucas Duebendorfer Another great story which I had heard before but didn't know the name. Now I have properly read it. I loved the story a lot. It is soo beautifully written. You are probably familiar with the idea I think. STORY IN SHORT Every day the Little Red Hen collects worms for her children to feed. One day she accidentally finds a seed of wheat during her search for worms. She doesn't know what it is but she finds out that it is a seed of wheat and can be grown into a wheat and can be made into bread after. On the barnyard where she lives, lives a Rat, a Pig and a Cat also. They have no responsibilities and waste their time all the day. While Red Hen has to feed her children. Red Hen wants to grow the wheat. She asks her neighbours to help. But they are too lazy to help and prefer to sleep or waste time. So she do this all on her own. It is difficult for her to manage because of her children's responsibility but she manages to grow the wheat and makes the bread out of it. Now everybody on barnyard is ready to eat it. But whenever she asked everyone to help in growing the wheat or cutting the wheat or making the bread nobody was ready to help. So in the end she eats the whole bread alone. I think this story relates to our society. We want everything without hard work. Overall the story is great, moral is great. Loved it! Thanks for your attention! (^_^) December 26, 2016

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-13 00:00:00 Harold Velie I read this book as a child and have remembered it since due to the simple yet powerful message it portrays. The tale is set in a farmyard and is based on a hen and the other farmyard animals which surround her. One day the little red hen finds a grain of wheat and asks the other farmyard animals to help her with the various processes involved in growing it like the planting, harvesting and threshing of the grain and then the milling the wheat into flour and baking of the flour into bread. However each time she asks one of the animals for some help with the process they decline and the little hen receives no assistance. Eventually the little red hen sees the product of her process complete in that the bread is freshly baked and ready to eat. The little red hen then asks the other farmyard animals who will help her to eat her bread and all the previous non-participants volunteer. The little red hen declines their help in this task and eats it with her chicks leaving none for anyone else. This story shows the hen teaching the other animals a lesson in that its moral is that those who show no willingness to contribute to a product do not deserve to enjoy the product. I enjoyed this book as I thought it was interesting seeing the process in relation to how bread is baked. I also enjoyed the imaginative farmyard setting and the dynamics and relationships which are created between the farmyard animals. I would recommend this book for reception and Year 1 and Year 2. I think it would be a useful resource to use in order to teach children about the importance of group work and helping others. It teaches children not to be selfish and greedy and shows them how they can receive rewards if they help out in the process of something. I think it teaches a very important life lesson in a simplistic, light-hearted and fun way.