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The Little Red Hen Written and Illustrated by: Jerry Pinkney  Book Review by: Andrea Silvino
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Title: The Little Red Hen Author/Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney Publisher: Penguin Group USA Published Date: May 18, 2006 Price Hardcover: $14.29 (Barnes & Noble) ISBN: 0803729359 Pages: 32 Age Range: 4-8 Language: English Type: Fiction/ Children’s Book


 * Summary: **

The Little Red Hen is about a hard working hen who is getting ready to bake bread. The hen asks her neighbors, the short brown dog, the thin gray rat, the tall black goat, and the round pink pig to help her, but they all refused to help. However, they are all eager to help the hen eat the bread when it is finished. Jerry Pinkney has masterfully adapted this story of the hardworking hen and her lazy neighbors. In the end of the story, the hen does not share with her neighbors like in other versions, she shares it with her little chicks.


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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.66px;">Growing up I remember reading this story and always loved this book. This version of the story was different than the one I had originally read growing up. I loved the ending! In the version I read growing up, the hen shared the bread with the neighbors, in this version she shared the bread with her chicks and not with the neighbors since they didn’t help her make it.


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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.66px;">The illustrations in this version of the classic children’s story are fantastically done with water-colors. The text is also in different colors based on which character is speaking. For example, when the little red hen is speaking it’s in red letters, short brown dog in brown letters, the thin gray rat in gray letters, tall back goat in back letters, and the round pink pig in pink letters. Using colors for words is great for beginning readers to understand which character is speaking.


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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.66px;">Jerry Pinkney studies at Philadelphia College of Art where he received the Alumni Award in 1992. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.66px;">He has been illustrating children's books since 1964 and has illustrated over 100 books. He has been the recipient of five Caldecott Honor Medals, a Caldecott Medal, and five The New York Times “Best Illustrated Books” and many more. His books have been translated into sixteen languages and published in fourteen countries. <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.66px;">He had published a ton of Children’s books, The Lion & the Mouse, The Ugly Duckling, Little Red Riding Hood, the Tortoise & the Hare, Puss in Boots, and more.


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