Jerry Pinkney

The Little Red Hen
I have always enjoyed the story of the little red hen. She is so busy and conscientious. She wastes nothing--including her time. Jerry Pinkney's watercolor paintings beautilfully illustrate this tale. He captures the hen in her motherly glory better than other tellings of this story. The goat, rat, dog and pig are all lazy and expect to get something for nothing. They are particularly good examples of being lazy because the little hen is truly gifted at requesting their help. She makes sure to point out to them how good they are at chewing for example in the case of the rat when asking for help, yet they turn her down.

This simple story is told in much the same way as always, but Pinkney has used his talents to turn it into something special.

Other books illustrated by Jerry Pinkney include: Little Red Riding Hood, Noah's Ark, The Sunday Outing, and The Nightingale.