Children's book Review

Hi! I am back! Hehe it has been a while since the last entry. So for today's entry, I will be reviewing a storybook, The Little Red Hen by Marie Mapes Dodge. 

The Little Red Hen book.



 ‘What you give, you get back’. Perhaps it is the most suitable way to describe ‘The Little Red Hen’ by Marie Mapes Dodge. The book is about a red hen that lives together with lazy friends, a cat, a goose, a duck and a pig. She discovers some grain and asks her farm friends to help her make bread, but they refuse.

Extract from The Little Red Hen book

I figured that the illustrations are simple and helpful in understanding the plot. It was very cute and colorful. I get excited by just looking at the illustration🤩

There were several values that I got from reading this story. Frankly speaking, when I first choose this book, I had assumed that The Little Red Hen would be like any other story.  As I was reading this book, I am surprised by how many lessons that I gain from this very short story. 

From this book, i learnt that it is important to ask other people consent first before asking them to do something.  From the beginning, the hen seems to be portrayed as a self-reliant character as she is willing to do the chores by herself. However,  instead of saying ‘let’s all’ to her friend, the hen asked ‘who will’ which indicates that she is considerate rather than being seen as the character which dictates her friends to do something without their consent. It made me   understand and empathize with other people. 

Extract page from The Little Red Hen book

I also learnt that we must stand up for ourselves. The hen shows a passive attitude in response to her friend being unwilling to do the chores. But, at the end of the story, the hen stands for her right, she did not give a chance for her friend to trample over her. 

This is my currently favorite book. I highly recommend this book, please check it out! Until next entry, bye peeps!

p/s: I still have trouble with the uppercase and lowercase, 😅 maybe I just need to accept it as the way it is.

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