Books like The Little Red Hen
By Diane Muldrow
For the kid who's quick to shout 'that's not fair!' when someone skips the chores but still wants the reward, this classic folktale puts that exact feeling on the page. Sunny, old-fashioned, and a little sly, with plenty of repetition to see coming.
Three hungry soldiers march into a French village where every scrap of food has been hidden, so they announce they'll make soup from nothing but water and stones — and talk the wary townspeople into adding just a little more.
Four animal friends — Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep — shelter from the rain in a cave and find a roaring, cranky bear already there, so they set out to cheer him up.
A girl named Emily Elizabeth introduces her enormous red dog, Clifford, sharing the everyday activities they enjoy together and the ways they look after one another.
Giant dinosaurs try their hand at dog ownership, from splashing through baths to tossing balls in the yard, learning patience and gentleness with their beloved pups along the way.
A safety-obsessed police officer gives boring speeches no one hears, until a new police dog named Gloria starts secretly acting out his tips behind his back and becomes the star of the show.
Brother and Sister Bear's room has become such a disaster that Mama and Papa finally get involved, turning messy-room cleanup into a whole family project.
A bossy big sister bunny plans an angel surprise cake with raspberry-fluff icing for Grandma's birthday, but her little brother Max keeps trying to add his own messy touches instead.
A boy named Spencer has so many toys that his parents keep tripping over them, so his mother insists he give some away — a task he finds nearly impossible.
Give a hungry little mouse a cookie and he'll ask for milk, then a mirror, then scissors — one small request tumbling into the next until the whole day spins out of control.
A silly goose finds a book lying in the farmyard and decides that simply owning it makes her wise, so she starts handing out mistaken advice to the other animals.
A fiercely protective squirrel guards her babies with a determined chook-chook-chook, scaring off trouble again and again — until something much bigger wanders right onto her tree.
A boy drops his white mitten in the snow, and one by one a mole, a rabbit, a badger, and other woodland animals squeeze inside — each one bigger than the last — until a bear and a tiny mouse push things too far.
