Name: The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
ISBN: 9780142301890

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

A Pizza Twist

A familiar folktale gets a pizza-making twist, with help arriving in an unexpected way.

Come here for

A hen tale reframed around tomato sauce and pizza
Following the pizza from shopping to dough to toppings

Expect

Shopping, dough-making, toppings, and animal friends who pitch in
A familiar tale with a surprising shift in how friends help

Book Details

Authors: Philomen Sturges
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: November 11, 2002
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Farm Animal Stories · Folktale Retellings
Reading lane: Farm Animal Stories

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Publisher Categories

Farm Animal Stories
Folktale Retellings
Cooking & Food

About This Book

The story of the industrious Little Red Hen is not a new one, but when this particular hen spies a can of tomato sauce in her cupboard and decides to make a pizza, the familiar tale takes on a fresh new twist. Kids will love following along as the hen, with no help from her friends the duck, the dog, and the cat, goes through the steps of making a pizza-shopping for supplies, making the dough, and adding the toppings. But despite their initial resistance, the hen's friends c...

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The story of the industrious Little Red Hen is not a new one, but when this particular hen spies a can of tomato sauce in her cupboard and decides to make a pizza, the familiar tale takes on a fresh new twist. Kids will love following along as the hen, with no help from her friends the duck, the dog, and the cat, goes through the steps of making a pizza-shopping for supplies, making the dough, and adding the toppings. But despite their initial resistance, the hen's friends come through in the end and help out in a refreshing and surprising way.