Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat

by L. R. Hen illustrated by Jago

Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat but when she asks the cat, the dog and the goose to help her plant them, they are all too busy. When Little Red Hen has finally grown the wheat, harvested it, turned it into flour and baked it into bread, the others are only to willing to help her eat it - but will she let them? The gentle repetition and humorous second story unfolding in the illustrations makes this a joyful retelling of the classic fable.   WINNER of the UK NATIONAL LITERACY ASSOCIATION'S WOW! AWARD 2006, which recognizes the best new children's titles annually. The book “caught the panel's attention because of its sumptuous illustrations with their determined and joyful appeal… Witty, with a juggling cat and a duck on stilts, this will be a favourite in primary classrooms. There is a helpful list of keywords in translation in every edition… great for multilingual classrooms.” This story is part of our collection of folk tales and fables from about the world. Readers get a lesson in the importance of helping out. They will also see the process of making something from scratch (in this case, bread) and then enjoying the fruit of one's labor.

Available in English with: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese-Simplified, Croatian, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba

Ages: 3-8  Paperback Dimensions: 10.9w x 9.2h inches