Shigemi Hijikata

Henny Penny is a delightful story that begins with a hen who is hit on the head by a falling acorn; however, she immediately jumps to the conclusion that the sky is falling and that she must go a tell the King. While enroute, she meets several of the other farm animals and she alerts them to the impending danger. These animals ask Henny Penny if they can go with her to tell the King. They are tricked by a fox who lures them into a hillside cave on the pretense that it is a shortcut to the show more King. One by one the animals follow the fox into the cave and were gobbled up by the fox. The last animal to enter the cave before Henny Penny was a rooster named Cocky-Locky. He crowed just as the fox was about to gobble him up; however, his crow to Henny-Penny suggested that it was time for her to go home and lay her eggs, which is exactly what she did.

I love the names given to each of the animals; Henny-Penny, Cocky-Locky, Ducky-Daddles, Goosey-Poosey, Turkey-Lurkey, and Foxy-Woxy. The characters are so vividly colored with a simple text that even young children can understand.

Classroom extensions could include having the children draw their own Henny Penny by outling their hand on a sheet of paper and coloring it to resemble a chicken. Another idea is to print one copy of the cover. Print an inside page for each child. Have the children complete the sentence, "Henny- Penny you silly chicken the sky is not falling. It's ________." Have them draw an illustration to go with the sentence. After all the children completed their pages, assemble the pages and bind to make a book. show less

Christine Kvindesalnd read thia a lot for David and Marie when they were small.

Des illustrations irrésistibles de charme, un texte en vers drôle et bien sonnant.