Get Your Hands On The Little Red Fort By Brenda Maier Offered As Digital Edition

for girls in STEM, And retellings of the Little Red Hen, I could note that this is about a girl, and a Latina girl, and talk about self actualization, I could bring the term STEAM into play,

I could use all the buzz words and phrases that sell bad books to clueless teachers, parents and librarians,

But instead, I will tell you that this is a nice little twist on the classic "Little Red Hen" story, using human characters, and with a satisfying ending.
Borrow it/buy it and enjoy it just for what it is, the sort of really nice picture book that the KIDS will like, and like and like, I read this book to first grade, It is a version of The Little Red Hen, but it is a girl who is building a fort and asks her brothers to help and they don't,

What I loved about reading this to the classes was what the kids noticed in the illustrations, They realized that while Ruby's brothers weren't helping, there were helpers along the way, One girl also said, this is just like the Little Red Hen, Another child noticed that while the book was called the Little RED Fort, the fort was not red when she was done building it,

Everyone of the kids agreed with not sharing the fort with the boys who had not helped, They were so invested that they were determining what kind of cookies were on the plate, An update on the Little Red Hen featuring a girl engineer and a kinder, everybodywins resolution, A simple story with repetition, rhymes, and wonderful whimsical bright illustrations lots of storytime appeal! Ruby's mind is always full of ideas,

One day, she finds some old boards and decides to build something, She invites her brothers to help, but they just laugh and tell her she doesn't know how to build,

"Then I'll learn," she says,

And she does!

When she creates a dazzling fort that they all want to play in, it is Ruby who has the last laugh,

With sprightly text and winsome pictures, this modern spin on the timeless favorite The Little Red Hen celebrates the pluck and ingenuity of young creators everywhere! Cute story like Little Red Hen but instead with a girl named Ruby and three brothers who wont help her build a fort.
A hispanic family is featured, Nice illustrations. Good readaloud book. I would buy for my school, Highly recommended for Grades K, Great modern take on The Little Red Hen, I just loved this updated version of the Little Red Hen! It is Hispanic based without being obvious about it, It is Feminist which I really appreciated, with Mama and other women assisting, although I loved how Dad is quietly supportive, My one objection was her asking who wanted to play in it then yanking back the invite from herunhelpful brothers, They then found things to build, plant and paint as additions to the fort and they made up, At the end the author really got my respect when she gave a short history of the traditional story! Highly recommended! Monarchnominee: Classic retelling of “The Little Red Hen” that readers will love! A charming story that takes a slightly dated fairy tale with a selfish ending and turns it on its head.
Making it relevant to today's kids, while maintaining the underlying message and giving the ending a boost of cooperation,   The basic premise of The Little Red Hen fairy tale if you don't do the work, you don't get the reward  remains, However, this version tweaks the traditional ending in a fun and satisfying way,  The large, brightly colored images portray the entire family's enthusiasm for life and individual creativity,  This is a wonderful book for celebrating determination, selfsufficiency, ingenuity, cooperation, and girl power, Awesome adaptation of The Little Red Hen, Highly recommended. I like this take on the Little Red Hen better than the original tale, On the surface, this is a tale of a girl Ruby whose three brothers won't help her build a fort, However, it goes furtherthe bright, layered pictures tell a tale of an empowered girl of color who builds her own fort by herself women in her life help too, There is also a chance for the boys to make the situation right at the end, This is a much needed modern take on a classic fable, عنوان ترجمه فارسی: قلعهی قرمز من When Ruby decides to build a fort, her brothers want nothing to do with her ambitious project, They make fun of her and indicate that she doesn't know what she's doing, But with some help from the adults in her life, she manages to teach herself what she needs to know to accomplish her goals, Her brothers are impressed and want to play in the fort, but since they made no contributions and offered no support, she denies them entrance, They figure out a way to earn their keep and gain access to the fort, This is a very cool reimagined version of the classic folktale, The Little Red Hen, accompanied by attractive artwork, created with charcoal pencil, pen, gouache, and traditional and digital techniques and brushes.
I loved how each illustration showed a determined Ruby facing her naysayers and getting things done, Her facial expressions are priceless, There's an Author's Note that provides additional information about the author's fondness for the original folktale and describes some of her inspiration, Readers also may want to build their own fort, using the examples provided in the back matter, Plenty of terrific messages are threaded through this story, including a reminder not to let what others say hold you back, In this adaptation of the Little Red Hen fable, Ruby wants to build a fort, but her three brothers refuse to help, so when the fort is finished Ruby will not let them join heruntil the boys come up with a few embellishments for the fort, like a mailbox, a garden, and a fresh coat of paint.
Christine I read this book today for storytime, It's amazing how few kids have heard "The Little Red Hen!" I knew nursery rhymes are sadly in decline, but folk tales are as well, apparently, So while having adaptations of old stories is cool, it kind of gets lost on the target audience when they have no clue of the original story,

The mixed media art is pleasant enough, I particularly like the multicultural element, as well as the parental involvement in Ruby's project, And the little twist at the end is nice, Great little girl power story, Ruby finds some boards and wants to build something, She asks her brothers if they want to help, but they laugh and say no, She decides to learn how to do it herself, and she does, Encouraging story of a young girl, Lovely illustrations. Fun and entertaining. The picture book, The Little Red Fort, is by Brenda Maier and illustrated by Sonia Sanchez, I located the book from theMonarch master award list through the Association of School Library Educators as it was a Monarch Nominee, The main character is named Ruby and she has three brothers, Oscar Lee, Rodrigo and Jose, Ruby found some old boards and wanted to build a fort, She asks herbrothers for help and they are all to busy playing or doing other things and they do not help her, This book is based on the folktale, the Little Red Hen when the animals will not help the hen bake the bread, When I

read the first few pages I did not know it was based on the folktale but I figured it out based on the pattern, The illustrations were big and bold and gave you a good interpretation of the character's personalities, The children were from Latino descent based on their pictures, names and clothes so I felt it was a book that could help create diversity in a classroom library, I also am excited about the idea of using it to compare to the folktale little read hen, It would be a great compare and contrast with the characters and events from both stories, It would be a great read aloud for kindergartennd grade, Also, it showed a girl in a different typical gender role of being the fort builder and creator in a book, Great new twist on The Little Red Hen, In this adaption of the Little Red Hen, a little girl receives no help from her brothers in building her fort, However, when she is done the brothers realize their mistake and figure out some things to get back in her good graces, This is basically a retelling of sitelinkThe Little Red Hen, with a young girl doing all the work while the boys laze around, I loved the artwork by sitelinkSonia Sanchez, and the fact that three generations of women get together to build the fort,





A good read for inspiring STEMrelated activities, I love how her mom and grandma help her with the building too! This book was very light, entertaining, and easy to read for kids, Maier, Brenda The Little Red Fort, pictures by Sonia Sanchez, PICTURE BOOK. Scholastic Press,

A little girl wants to build a fort and none of her brothers are willing to help, She works her way through each step, asking them each time, but they still are not interested, When the fort is complete, the brothers want to play, but their sister says no until they make an effort to show they care, Then they can all play together,

Maier has crafted a neat, positive twist to The Little Red Hen story one that makes it even better than the original, The act of the children apologizing through actions speaks to a need to not only speak kind to be kind, Perfect for a great story time discussion,

PreK, EL K, EL ESSENTIAL, Cindy, Library Teacher
sitelink blogspot. com A girl decides to build a fort and tries to recruit her brothers to help, but to no avail, Instead, she builds the fort herself, After the fort is built, the brothers are suddenly motivated to add some improvements to the fort and the girl includes them in an infort evening with cookies,

This little story is a contemporary version of the old folktale, The Little Red Hen, with a contemporary stronggirl main character along with a revised and more satisfying ending which includes the lessthanhardworking brothers in the fort activities after the boys finally help out.
The characters are wonderfully diverse and the book includes plans for a fortofonesown for the reader to construct, I liked this twist. I find The Little Red Hen iterations/allusions with its repetition boring generally, but I really liked that this had an updated "item" that the character is making that would be something kids are more likely to identify with and I LOVED that the characters that refused to help, work together to redeem themselves, yet still weren't rewarded for bad behavior I read a reiteration recently that was like "you didn't help but I'm nice so I'll let you in on the reward anyway" I really was miffed at that one because what's the moral then If you don't work, expect that not to matter But this one had a much better fix for the end that encourages the reader with the moral yes, 'you don't work, you don't eat,' but that doesn't mean you just give up on redeeming yourself and trying again, AND show some initiative, and that gets you forgiveness and a second chance at reward.
Also liked the addendum on how to make your own forts with household stuff, my kids already do all of them, but they checked them all to see, If they hadn't done one, I'm sure that would have done that one next, Myyear old boy asked for it not to go in the library return so he can read it again by himself, High praise. sitelink post a comment.