9/30/09

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs

Author:  Hanna Johansen

Illustrator: Käthi Bhend

Publisher: David R. Godine 

Publication Date: 2002

Genre: Fable

Audience: Gr. 3+

Overview: Henrietta is a poor chicken who lives among three thousand three hundred and thirty-three chickens. She is poor because she is smaller than the others. However, let’s see what destiny has prepared for our poor Henrietta in order to become special.

Activity: Ask the students about why they feel themselves specials and why they think their classmates are special too.

Reviewer’s Name: Jose Morales