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Summary: A teacher and mother
Review: I read The Little Red Hen to my first grade students after my 4 year old came home from school reciting it. When I found this book, I read it to my class and they loved it. I was able to use a venn diagram to compare the two stories. It is a very cute book and the end surpised them!
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Summary: A moral story with a new moral
Review: I read this book to a student during some volunteer work. While I liked the way the classic story had been made more urban in order to be more associational for many readers, I was disappointed in two places.The first is a little trivial, when the Hen needs cheese, it mentions all the cheese she has, including string cheese, but no mozzarella. Unfortunately, string cheese is mozzarella. But my real problem is that the original moral of the story, that the lazy animals do not benefit from the Hen's hard work. Instead they all get some pizza and are guilt-tripped into helping clean up. While I can accept the change in scenery (and pizza instead of bread), I have a hard time accepting that the moral has been changed.
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Summary: A moral story with a new moral
Review: I read this book to a student during some volunteer work. While I liked the way the classic story had been made more urban in order to be more associational for many readers, I was disappointed in two places. The first is a little trivial, when the Hen needs cheese, it mentions all the cheese she has, including string cheese, but no mozzarella. Unfortunately, string cheese is mozzarella. But my real problem is that the original moral of the story, that the lazy animals do not benefit from the Hen's hard work. Instead they all get some pizza and are guilt-tripped into helping clean up. While I can accept the change in scenery (and pizza instead of bread), I have a hard time accepting that the moral has been changed.
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Summary: A NEW LESSON FOR CHILDREN
Review: I THINK THAT THE "UPDATED" VERSION OF THE LITTLE RED HEN HAS AN IMPORTANT LESSON, YES, WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T HELP, THEN YOU DON'T GET TO SHARE IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT, BUT THIS LESSON IS SHARING. THE LITTLE RED HEN HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR HERSELF, SO IN THE END, EVEN THOUGH HER FRIENDS DIDN'T HELP, SHE SHARES. AND HOW MANY CHILDREN COULDN'T USE ANOTHER LESSON IN SHARING. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE EYE CATCHING, THE STORY IS GREAT. I LOVE THIS BOOK AS MUCH AS THE ORIGINAL. THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT ON THE FIRST, IT IS AN ADDITION.
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Summary: A NEW LESSON FOR CHILDREN
Review: I THINK THAT THE "UPDATED" VERSION OF THE LITTLE RED HEN HAS AN IMPORTANT LESSON, YES, WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T HELP, THEN YOU DON'T GET TO SHARE IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT, BUT THIS LESSON IS SHARING. THE LITTLE RED HEN HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR HERSELF, SO IN THE END, EVEN THOUGH HER FRIENDS DIDN'T HELP, SHE SHARES. AND HOW MANY CHILDREN COULDN'T USE ANOTHER LESSON IN SHARING. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE EYE CATCHING, THE STORY IS GREAT. I LOVE THIS BOOK AS MUCH AS THE ORIGINAL. THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT ON THE FIRST, IT IS AN ADDITION.
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Summary: Favourite bedtime story
Review: It's not easy to find a book to please twin toddler boys, but this one is definitely a hit in our house. The pictures are original and very detailed, making it a great book to read over and over again as the kids point out familiar-looking objects. The story itself has a nice repetitive quality and a great twist on the classic tale. This is the *only* book in our vast library that must be read every night, and I'm not tired of it yet! Enjoy!
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Summary: very cute - but I have mixed feelings about change in moral
Review: My 3 1/2 year-old daughter has enjoyed two different versions of this classic tale for the past year, so right after she had just made a pizza in preschool, this modern version was a sure hit.
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Summary: A charming hen
Review: The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza is a wonderful book terrifically illustrated in a memorable style. I loved reading this story to my girls. The Little Red Hen would be a charming friend (and neighbor) and makes a great addition to a bookshelf.
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Summary: Pretty cute book, needs thought out though a little more
Review: This is a cute book - and is very detailed on the makings of a pizza. But when the hen asks for the help of her friends many, many times, she's turned down each time but still offers them some pizza in the end. Supposedly because it was too large for her to eat alone. However, the friends do clean up in the end but I think they shouldn't have been offered the pizza at all or she should have invited the other folks that helped her, i.e. the store clerk, to eat the pizza with her friends looking on drooling. It isn't a good idea to teach children that it is okay to not do anything yet expect everything from others. Where's the character building in that one?
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Summary: This book is GREAT!
Review: This is a great twist on the story the little red hen. Instead of making a loaf of bread the little red hen is making a pizza and no one will help her. The pictures in this book are really interesting, they look like they were all formed from paper cut outs and there are lots of other abstract things going on in the pictures as well to discuss with your child. What my son and I love most about this book is that he can help tell the story. He loves the repetitiveness of the story and this book teaches children a wonderful lesson about sharing. I can't say enough good things about this book!
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