Little Red Hen by Lesley Sims

Little Red Hen

Board Book – July 18, 2023

Lesley Sims

Usborne · Print & ebook · July 18, 2023

The Little Red Hen has found some grains of wheat, but who will help her plant them?

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Who it’s for
Follow the Little Red Hen from grains of wheat to a freshly baked loaf.
Themes
Wheat-to-bread process, Helping with shared work
Genres
Folktale Retellings, Farm Animal Stories, Beginner Readers

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About this book

The Little Red Hen has found some grains of wheat, but who will help her plant them? The cat, the rat and the duck are all sitting in the farmyard, enjoying the sun. Surely one of them will join the Little Red Hen as she grows the wheat and mills it. And what happens when she bakes a crusty golden loaf with the flour she has made?

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A charming retelling of this much-loved tale, incidentally showing the stages from wheat to freshly-baked bread, with delightful illustrations throughout by Raffaella Ligi. - Includes a QR code on the back cover leading to an audio reading of the story! - Small format makes it perfect for little hands to hold - Discover more from Usborne Little Board Books including Old MacDonald and Itsy Bitsy Spider

Wheat to Bread

Follow the Little Red Hen from grains of wheat to a freshly baked loaf.

Come here for

  • The Little Red Hen’s wheat-growing and bread-making
  • A retelling illustrated by Raffaella Ligi

Expect

  • The cat, rat and duck enjoy the sun in the farmyard
  • The stages from wheat to bread, shown along the way

Where it sits

Folktale Retellings62%
Farm Animal Stories45%
Beginner Readers24%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Animal Stories
  • Cat Stories
  • Farm Animal Stories
  • Ducks & Geese
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  • The Classics
  • Fairy Tales & Folklore
  • Myths & Fables
  • Country Life
Authors
Lesley Sims
Publisher
Usborne
Published
July 18, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Wheat-to-bread process · Helping with shared work
Reading lane
Animal Stories