The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier - ESSENTIAL

Maier, Brenda The Little Red Fort, pictures by Sonia Sanchez.  PICTURE BOOK.  Scholastic Press, 2018.  $18.  9780545859196

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.

Pre-K, EL (K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL.  Cindy, Library Teacher