The Red Hen is created into many different books. It is about this Red Hen, and throughout the book she is baking a cake. Her three friends are a cat, mouse, and frog.  As she is going through the process of making a cake she asks her friends who would like to help her. None of the friends want to take responsibility for the share of the work. The Red Hen makes the cake by herself. Finally the time has come to eat the cake, she asked who will help her eat it, and of course all the friends want to eat some. Although she says since she made it by herself, she is going to eat it herself. The cat, mouse, and frog were lazy and didn’t want to do their share, so they learned a lesson that if they don’t pitch in they can’t enjoy the reward.

I love the lesson to this story. It is a great way to teach children responsibility, and that it is not all about them. The one thing I didn’t like about this book is the illustrations. It was more abstract without a distinct picture. I would recommend this book for kindergarten or first grade. The end of the book has the cake recipe (made from scratch) and how to bake it. This might be a great activity to do with the children by making the cake at home, and having them share the cake because of a reward for doing something throughout the day.