LA GALLINITA ROJA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Author (last name first):
Galdone, Paul

Publisher, Date of Publication: 

Scholastic en Espanol (July 1, 1992)

Grade Level/ or Age Level: 

4th-8th

Classification: Fiction 

La Gallinita Roja is the old folkloric story of the Little Red Hen retold in Spanish. It is a nice entertaining simple story that can be great to teach children manners and the advantages of hard work. It can also be used to teach about what animals eat, plant growth, plant uses, or even chores and farm life. The book has colorful pictures of the hardworking Red Hen, and her lazy friends: the cat, the dog and the mouse. This book is filled with  humor to indirectly portray teamwork and collaboration. The poor little red chicken spends the whole day working tough to cook a delicious cake and asks the other animals to help her. All of her animal friends refuse to help her, and in the end when she asks who is going to help her eat the cake, all her friends want to be a part of this last step, but the clever chicken laughs at them by eating the whole cake on her own. In the end, the other animals learn that they must work for what they want in order to obtain the fruits of the end result. 

Reviewed By: Citlaly Rivas (Midwestern State University Student in Dr. Linda Prieto's Class)