Little Red Hen is feeling peckish and decides to make bread; she asks her friends for help but they all refuse. Will she have to do everything by herself? Engaging and beautifully illustrated, this story teaches children the importance of lending a helping hand and the value of sharing. A retelling of a beloved children's fable, this story reflects African contexts while maintaining the universal appeal of the original.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd .
Margie Orford is an award-winning journalist, a writer, and a film director. She is the author of Fabulously 40 and Beyond: Women Coming into Their Own , Like Clockwork , and The Little Red Hen . Lizza Littlewort is a story-board illustrator, cartoonist, and professional artist.
This book contains the following story:
The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat and asks the other animals if they will help her to plant them. They will not. Neither will they help her to cut the wheat, have it ground into flour or made into bread. But when the Little Red Hen asks if the animals would like to help her eat the bread they are all totally up for it. However, the Little Red Hen refuses to share her bread with the animals who didnt do any of the work to make it.
