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The Red Hen
The Red Hen
The Red Hen
by Rebecca Emberley
Illustration by Ed Emberley

Filled with jaunty humor and eye-popping images, this Little Red Hen is sure to have young readers (and their parents) clucking with delight. Includes a recipe for Red Hen's Simply Splendid Cake.

Age: 2 Year-olds | Title: The Red Hen  |  Author: Rebecca Emberley  |  Publisher: Neal Porter Books

Filled with jaunty humor and eye-popping images, this Little Red Hen is sure to have young readers (and their parents) clucking with delight. Includes a recipe for Red Hen's Simply Splendid Cake.

The Red Hen offers a great lesson about getting the same amount of effort or reward out of something that you put into it. The story uses short sentences with plenty of repetition, encouraging your little one to join in by the second or third reading, as they will know most of the lines already. The large lettering and fun font also make following along with the letters more inviting. The pictures consist of characters created from jagged lines and overlaid shapes. The characters’ eyes are different sizes and often filled with different shapes, lines, and colors, giving them each a fun and spastic appearance. The bright colors pop against the all-white backgrounds.

The moral of the story is that you must put in the work if you want to enjoy the reward. The hen shows independence by making a cake herself when none of her friends are willing to pitch in. Parents can use many examples from life to demonstrate this to their little one.
 
When my friend Dano was two, he seemed to get a lot of the humor in the book. He loved to point out that the cat was purple and had a frog always perched on his head.  He laughed when I would do the frog’s typical response of “Bribbit!” and would join in with his own response. He loved pointing out the final picture of the red hen eating the whole cake by herself.
 
--Audra
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