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    The Little Red Hen

    Author Jerry Pinkney
    Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
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    Hardcover
    $18.99 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Dial Books
    On sale May 18, 2006 | 32 Pages | 9780803729353
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    Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney enlivens the beloved fable with cheerful and classically beautiful illustrations, making this the ideal edition for every child’s library.
     
    As he did with his Caldecott-winning The Lion and the Mouse, Jerry Pinkney has masterfully adapted this story of the hardworking hen and her lazy neighbors. Its Golden Rule message and sassy finale are just as relevant and satisfying as ever. Read it in tandem with Pinkney’s Puss in Boots and The Tortoise and the Hare or David Wiesner’s The Three Pigs.
     
     
    "Perfect [for] sharing with one listener, or a crowd." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
     
    “Cheerful [and] luminous. Kids will gleefully chime in.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
     
    “A lush light-filled rendition of a folktale staple.”—School Library Journal (starred review)
    • WINNER
      School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
    JERRY PINKNEY was one of America’s most acclaimed illustrators. He won the Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors, five New York Times Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. His long list of celebrated titles includes Mirandy and Brother Wind, The Little Red Hen, The Little Match Girl, and The Lion & The Mouse. 

    His family includes a number of acclaimed children's book creators: his son, artist Brian Pinkney; his daughter-in-law, author and children's book editor Andrea Davis Pinkney; and his granddaughter, author-illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.

    Jerry Pinkney passed away on October 20, 2021 at the age of 81. View titles by Jerry Pinkney
    "...perfect, as are the pictures, for sharing with one listener, or a crowd." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review

    “Cheerful [and] luminous. Kids will gleefully chime in.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

    “A lush light-filled rendition of a folktale staple.”—School Library Journal, starred review

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    Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney enlivens the beloved fable with cheerful and classically beautiful illustrations, making this the ideal edition for every child’s library.
     
    As he did with his Caldecott-winning The Lion and the Mouse, Jerry Pinkney has masterfully adapted this story of the hardworking hen and her lazy neighbors. Its Golden Rule message and sassy finale are just as relevant and satisfying as ever. Read it in tandem with Pinkney’s Puss in Boots and The Tortoise and the Hare or David Wiesner’s The Three Pigs.
     
     
    "Perfect [for] sharing with one listener, or a crowd." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
     
    “Cheerful [and] luminous. Kids will gleefully chime in.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
     
    “A lush light-filled rendition of a folktale staple.”—School Library Journal (starred review)

    Awards

    • WINNER
      School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

    Author

    JERRY PINKNEY was one of America’s most acclaimed illustrators. He won the Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors, five New York Times Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. His long list of celebrated titles includes Mirandy and Brother Wind, The Little Red Hen, The Little Match Girl, and The Lion & The Mouse. 

    His family includes a number of acclaimed children's book creators: his son, artist Brian Pinkney; his daughter-in-law, author and children's book editor Andrea Davis Pinkney; and his granddaughter, author-illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.

    Jerry Pinkney passed away on October 20, 2021 at the age of 81. View titles by Jerry Pinkney

    Praise

    "...perfect, as are the pictures, for sharing with one listener, or a crowd." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review

    “Cheerful [and] luminous. Kids will gleefully chime in.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

    “A lush light-filled rendition of a folktale staple.”—School Library Journal, starred review

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