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Based on the familiar and much-loved story of hard-working Little Red Hen who asks her farmyard friends to help her make some bread. Open the flaps to reveal the lazy animals who are all far too busy to help Little Red Hen sow and water the seed, or harvest and grind the corn. It's not until Little Red Hen has baked the bread, that her friends are keen to help - by eating the bread! But Little Red Hen has other ideas ...

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One feckless, lazy citizen of the farmyard after another is revealed in this well-crafted, amusing novelty. Yes, this is the same tale of the Little Red Hen who tries to enlist help in sowing, harvesting, and milling the corn to bake her bread. No one is interested; mostly hidden behind flaps-though exposed appendages give them away to both the LRH and the reader-are the lazybones: a turkey cleaning his nails, a cat lolling in the sun, a duck in the muck. Here, rather than blandly getting on with her drudgery, the LRH has a few choice words with her idle mates: Hello Catty. You'll help me water the corn, won't you? Eh? Not me Henny, I'm far too busy! Busy doing what? These zingers keep the traditional LRH's plodding sanctimony at bay, while the lush, character-filled art vivifies the timeworn tale. If self-righteous versions of this story find you hoping the hen chokes on her bread, Allen's will have you hoping it's delectable. (Picture book. 2-5) (Kirkus Reviews)

Allen's dynamically vibrant line and cross-hatching together with his vibrant palette convey character and mood with seemingly effortless aplomb in this witty flap book. A treat -- Rosemary Stones Book for Keeps 20030708

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Jonathan Allen is the author and illustrator of many popular fiction and picture books for young children. His previous books for Transworld includes the flap book Chicken Licken, two Corgi Yearlings The Flying Squad and Keep-Fit Canaries, and he has illustrated Dick King-Smith's poetry, Jungle Jingle and Other Animal Rhymes. Jonathan Allen live in Hertfordshire.

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