This is a very cute story about a hen names Rosie who goes for a walk around her farm. However, within the folky pictures, a character who is never mentioned in the text appears. While Rosie walks around, a sly fox follows her without ever being noticed by Rosie. I would use this book in my classroom with students who were not the strongest readers of text but who could gain a lot by reading the pictures. This would make an excellent book to use during independent reading as each child could take as much time as they wanted to read each picture thoroughly to ensure that they gain as much from the book as possible. This book would be entertaining to anyone at any age, but I would definitely start this book in a kindergarten classroom at the end of the year and definitely in a first grade classroom. This book has a Scholastic Reading Grade Level Equivalent of 1.5.
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