The Little Red Hen

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Book 1
Title:The Little Red Hen
Author: Jerry Pinkney
Picture Book? (Yes or no): Yes
Posting date and/or number: January 21,2008/ #1


The Little Red Hen is a story of morality. In the story, the little red hen discovers wheat seeds, which she decides to plant. After asking all the animals including the pig, goat, dog, and rat to help her plant, harvest, thresh, and so on, she finally is entitled to take care of everything for herself. Without any complaints of any sort, she works until she finally manages to create the perfect loaf of bread which sends the freshly, baked breads' aroma across the barn. The animals now, after the hen's hard labor, wish to help eat the bread. However, the story shows that you can not just get a reward for doing nothing, you must actually work for it. The hen is smart enough not to share her bread with any of them since they were to lazy to give a hand when she needed one. The story exposes to the audience that in order to get anything you want,you must be willing to work for it. Things just don't fall in to your lap, especially if you choose to be lazy. The farm animals are the image of what happens when you don't show any desire of accomplishing a task and, of course, the red hen is a symbol of the working class.