Entry Number: 12
Title: Henny Penny
Author: Paul Galdone
Illustrator: Paul Galdone
Publisher: Sandpiper
Year: 1984
ISBN: 978-0899192253
Genre: folk tale, fairytale
Topics: animals, chickens, foxes, rhyme,
Age Group: 0-4
Awards: n/a
Dewey Category: 398.24528617
Format: Picture book
Though vintage in illustration and pace, this classic retelling of the old fairy tale introduces young readers to the familiar exclamation, "The sky is falling!" (also known as Chicken Little). The two-page spreads enhance the excitement surrounding the apparently impending armageddon, or was it just an acorn that landed on Henny Penny's head?

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