Folktale and Fairy Tale Resources in the CRC

A newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it

A retelling of the story of a resourceful hen that not only makes her own food and eats it herself, but manages to outwit a hungry fox as well

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it

The little red hen can find no friends to help her plant and care for the grain of wheat she finds, but plenty of friends willing to eat the bread she bakes from it

A rhymed retelling of the traditional tale about the industrious little red hen and her lazy friends

A retelling of the traditional tale of the little red hen whose lazy friends are unwilling to help her plant, harvest, or grind the wheat into flour, but are willing to help her eat the bread she makes from it. In this version, story continues with her later finding a second grain and everyone willing to help her. Includes a recipe for whole wheat bread

In this version of the familiar tale, when the barnyard animals who refused to help her plant and tend a seed ask to play under the "great green whispery tree" that Little Red Hen grew, she says no, but her chick thinks that answer is mean