Henny-Penny

Name: Henny-Penny
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: unknown
ISBN: 9781467606226

Author: unknown

Series: Old England Fairy Tales

Narrator: Anastasia Bertollo

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: SmartTouch Media

Published: 01/11/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

Fairytale is a mirror and the soul of the nation reflects in it. Reading the tales of different nations you begin to understand what they think about life, truth and justice. Henny Penny (known in the United States as Chicken Little or Chicken Licken), is a cumulative folk tale about a chicken who decided that the world is ending when the acorn felt on its head. The phrase"The sky is falling!" is concerned inthe English language as a widely used idiom with the meaning of a mistaken belief that misfortune will happen. When an acorn dropped on the chicken’s head, she decided that she must inform the king about the end of the world. On the way various domestic animals join to her. At last they met the fox, who offers to show a short way to the royal palace and ask to follow her into the dark hole. Will any animal survive after such help?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kim on October 24, 2017

Award(s): N/A Grade: 1st-2nd grade Summary: After an acorn falls on Henny Penny’s head, she believes that the sky is falling. On her journey to tell the King that the sky is falling, she meets a duck, turkey, and other friends along the way. Together they embark on a trip around the world where it tra......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on October 20, 2017

Really fun and interesting twist on the classic story of chicken little and the sky is falling. Could have students do an activity comparing and contrasting this book with its original story. You could also have them rewrite an original folktale/fairytale in groups and then present it in front of th......more

Goodreads review by Erika on September 06, 2017

This book was a good modern interpretation of this classic story. The illustrations are more realistic which means this book would be good if you do a farm animal, or just an animal, unit. I liked the rhyming and alliteration throughout the whole story.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on January 18, 2021

A retelling that will appeal to some sense of humor.......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on July 19, 2024

A modern retelling of a classic story that just missed the mark for me. Fun but not my favorite version.......more