The Little Red Hen - Recommended Books and Websites

Books for Children

Books for Teachers

Records, Tapes, and CD's



Books for Children

  • Adoff, Arnold. Black is Brown is Tan
  • Aesop's Fables
  • Alonzo, Fernando. La Gallina Paulina
  • Bunting, Eve. Smokey Nights
  • Carle, Eric. Walter the Baker and Pancakes, Pancakes
  • Christian, Eleanor and Roth-Singer, Lyzz. Let's Make Butter
  • Cohen, Miriam. Best Friends
  • Contrera, Kathleen. Pan Dulce
  • Cumpiano, Ina. Pan, Pan, Pan, Gran Pan
  • DePaola, Tomie. Tony's Bread and Pancakes for Breakfast
  • Dooley, Norah. Everybody Cooks Rice and Everybody Bakes Bread
  • Gauch, Patricia. Dance Tanya
  • Gershator, David and Phyllis. Bread is for Eating
  • Gibbons, Gail. From Seed to Plant
  • Greene, Rhonda Gowler. Barnyard Song
  • Heller, Ruth. The Reason for a Flower
  • Hoban, Tana. Dot's Spot, Speckles and Stripes
  • Jones, Ann. Color Dance
  • Jordan, Helene J. How A Seed Grows
  • Katz, Karen. The Colors of Us
  • Kindergarten Children of Cheltenham School. Todos Somos Iguales
  • Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed
  • Magorian, James. The Magic Pretzel
  • Martin, Jr., Bill. Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You See?
  • McQueen, Lucinda. La Gallinita Roja
  • Miss Jackie. "I Had a Rooster." Peanut Butter, Tarzan, and Roosters
  • Morris, Ann. Bread, Bread, Bread
  • Most, Bernard. Cock-A-Doodle-Moo
  • Munsch, Robert. I'll Love You Forever
  • Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse. My Momma Sings
  • Rockwell, Anne F. One Bean
  • Ryder, Joanne. Dancers in the Garden
  • Sturges, Philomene. The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
  • Tabor, Nancy. Somos un Arco Iris: We are A Rainbow
  • Thomas, Pat. My Friends and Me: A First Look at Friendship
  • Westcott, Nadine Bernard. Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme
  • Williams, V. Music, Music for Everyone
  • Wing, Natasha. Jalapeno Bagels
  • Zemach, Margaret. The Little Red Hen: An Old Story
  • Zemach, Margaret. It Could Always Be Worse


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Books for Teachers

  • Cook, Deanna F. Disney's Family Cookbook
  • Copley, Juanita V. The Young Child and Mathematics
  • Delacre, Lulu. Arroz Con Leche. Popular songs and rhymes from Latin America
  • Hopkins, Susan. Hearing Everyone's Voice: Educating Young Children for Peace and Democratic Community
  • Kenda, Margaret. Cooking Wizardry for Kids
  • Kranwinken, Sonya. Spanish Piggy Back Songs. Easy Songs with Spanish Phrases.
  • Leang, Marta & Patitucci, Tina. Risas, Canciones y Juegos Meniques: Rhymes, Songs, and Fingerplays - A Collection of Bilingual Songs and Rhymes.
  • Mandell, Muriel. Simple Kitchen Experiments: Learning Science with Everyday Foods
  • Miller, Susan. Games, Giggles, and Giant Steps and Learning Through Play: Language
  • Neuman, Susan B., Copple, Carol, and Bredekamp, Sue. Learning to Read and Write
  • Orozco, Jose Luis. Diez Deditos: Ten Little Fingers and Other Play Rhymes and Songs from Latin America (Tape Also Available)
  • Ports, Dottie. Leaping Into Whole Language: Fifty Nifty Ways to Make a Book
  • Schiller, Pam. Start Smart! Building Brain Power in the Early Years
  • Schiller, Phyllis and Peterson, Lynne. Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds
  • Silberg, Jackie. 300 Three-Minute Games
  • Strickland, Dorothy and Morrow, Lesley Mandel. Emerging Literacy: Young Children Learn to Read and Write
  • Weikart, Phyllis. Movement Plus Rhymes, Songs, & Singing Games


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Records, Tapes, and CD's

  • Grammar, Red. "Teaching Peace"
  • Jenkins, Ella. "You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song" and "Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound"
  • Tape or record of "Peter and the Wolf"
  • Tape of "Sweet Honey on the Rock"


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