Henny Penny
Hardcover – Picture Book, June 18, 2013
HarperCollins · Hardcover · June 18, 2013
"A favorite nursery tale delightfully illustrated in strong line and color in Galdone's familiar and likable style." --Booklist Another popular retelling by Paul Galdone joins the Folk Tale Classics series!
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- Who it’s for
- A familiar nursery tale pairs tongue-twisting rhymes with bold illustrations and a surprising ending.
- Themes
- Gullibility, Fear of imagined danger
- Genres
- Fairy Tales & Folklore, Bird Stories, Funny Stories
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"A favorite nursery tale delightfully illustrated in strong line and color in Galdone's familiar and likable style." --Booklist Another popular retelling by Paul Galdone joins the Folk Tale Classics series! Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny and a band of gullible friends march off to tell the king, only to meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.
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With its tongue-twisting rhymes, rich illustrations, surprising ending, and beautiful gold foil cover accents, this funny read-aloud will make a great addition to any child's library of classics.
Folktale in Rhyme
A familiar nursery tale pairs tongue-twisting rhymes with bold illustrations and a surprising ending.
Come here for
- Rhymes made for reading aloud
- Bold line-and-color illustrations
Expect
- A comic retelling with a wily fox
- Gold-foil accents on the hardcover
Where it sits
| Bird Stories | 75% |
|---|---|
| Funny Stories | 57% |
| Fairy Tales & Folklore | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Animal Stories
- The Classics
- Fairy Tales & Folklore
- Funny Stories
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- Magic & Fantasy
- Cooking & Food
- Nursery Rhymes
- Stories in Verse
- Authors
- Paul Galdone
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 18, 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Gullibility · Fear of imagined danger
- Reading lane
- Animal Stories