The Little Red Hen
Downard, B. (2004). The little red hen. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
In this story illustrated by Barry Downard, the little red hen asks her friends, the duck, the pig, and the cat to help her plant wheat seeds, cut the wheat, take it to the miller, and make bread dough from the wheat. The pig, the duck, and the cat are too busy to help her but when the bread is baked they all want to enjoy the bread. The little red hen does not share with her friends, and she eats the bread all herself. Barry Downard uses whimsical photo collages giving the animals even more human characteristics than the story.
Genre: Fairy Tale
Type of Book: Picture Book
Interest level: 1-3
Armadilly Chili
Ketteman, H. (2004). Armadilly chili. (W. Terry, Illus.). Morton Grove, Il.: Albert Whitman & Company.
In this retelling of the popular fairy tale, the little red hen, Miss Billie Armadilly is gathering the ingredients needed to make her armadilly chili. She tries to get her friends a tarantula, a bird, and a lizard to help her gather beetles, pick jalapeno peppers, and chop cactus. Her friends are too busy to help her but all come knocking when the chili is complete. Miss Billie turns them all away and sits down to enjoy her chili by herself. She soon discovers that her chili is missing the most important part, friends. The paintings that accompany the text are bright and the characters feelings are conveyed through their expressions.
Genre: Fairy Tale
Type of Book: Picture book
Interest level: K-3 Reading level: 2.6
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