The Little Red Hen (Little Golden Book): Read & Listen Edition

by Golden Books, J. P. Miller (Illustrator)

Overview

In this Read & Listen edition, beloved illustrator J. P. Miller’s graphic, colorful farm animals seem to jump right off the page—but they aren’t jumping to help the Little Red Hen plant her wheat! Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite folktale.

This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307938244
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	11/15/2010
Series:	Little Golden Book Series
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	26 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

In 1942, the launch of Little Golden Books revolutionized children’s book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling children’s books of all time. Golden Books’ backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardt’s Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of children’s book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more. Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Books continues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.

J. P. Miller (1913-2001) illustrated many Golden Book titles from the 1940s through the 1970s, some written by Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Kunhardt. Before becoming a children's book illustrator, Miller had worked in the Walt Disney Studio's elite character modeling department, creating characters (such as the dwarf Dopey) for Disney's first feature film, Snow White. He later designed the character of the toy maker Geppetto for Pinocchio.

Editorial Reviews

Golden Books' rendition of this classic tale now comes in board book format, just right for little readers and a new generation of fans! With J. P. Miller's jovial illustrations from the 1950s, this charmer has the Little Red Hen planting, reaping, and carrying wheat, then making it into bread. As the familiar story goes, her barnyard pals won't help her until it's time to eat the bread, but she rightly chooses to do that most special part herself, too. Miller's artwork stands out as wonderfully as ever, with the characters dressed up in frolicsome outfits -- including the duck and goose in play clothes -- and countryside colors that give the story its fun retro appeal. A perfect little board book for sharing, this makes a marvelous addition to the Golden Books collections, offering a solid lesson in cooperation and hard work.

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