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Lon Po Po
by
Ed Young
Award-winning artist Ed Young illustrates, with characteristic flair and energy, the ancient Chinese version of the favorite fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood". Young's vibrant, yet delicate, pastels and watercolors add drama to the deftly translated story. "An extraordinary and powerful book".--Publishers Weekly. Full color. 1990 Caldecott Medal book.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
November 1st 1989
by Philomel Books
(first published January 1st 1989)
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“Lon Po Po” is a Caldecott Medal winning book by Ed Young that is a remake of Brothers Grimm’s classic “Red Riding Hood,” only this time, there are three sisters who outwit a cunning wolf in this tale. “Lon Po Po” may be a bit too scary for smaller children because of the images, but older children will easily love this story that is full of mystery and suspense.
Ed Young has done a great job at writing and illustrating this old Chinese folktale about how three sisters outwit a cunning and fright...more
Ed Young has done a great job at writing and illustrating this old Chinese folktale about how three sisters outwit a cunning and fright...more
Lon Po Po, which means “granny wolf” in Chinese, is the Chinese retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale. A mother leaves her three daughters—Shang, Tao, and Paotze—home alone when she sets out to visit their grandmother. The wolf dresses up as the grandmother and gains entrance to the family home soon thereafter. When the girls realize the wolf is not their grandmother, they use the lure of gingko nuts to trick the gluttonous wolf, allowing them to climb the gingko tree. Telli...more
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This is a version of the "The Little Red Riding Hood" from China about three siblings whose mother leaves to visit their grandmother. This book is a 1990 Caldecott Medal winner. The wolf sees the mother leave and approaches the house pretending to be the grandmother. In the end, the children out smart the wolf by tricking him into climbing a tree with them. The wolf falls to his death and the children return safely to their home. Upon their mother's return they enlighten her about how they escap...more
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A Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood with a twist. The story makes heriones of the girls (3 sisters) when they concoct a plan to trick the wolf. Their mother goes off to visit their grandmother for the day and leaves them alone. The wolf has been watching and goes to the door pretending to be their grandmother.Some of the original lines are still present "Why Grandma, what big eyes you have" but in the end the girls are triumphant in destroying the wolf's plan. They lure him outside to a...more
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Summary: A mother goes away and leaves her children home alone while she visits their grandmother, their Po Po. A wolf sees her leave and decides to trick the children by pretending to be their Po Po. When they let the wolf in, thinking he is their grandmother, the wolf quickly blows out the candle. Later, while lying in bed, Shang, the oldest and cleverest child, lights a candle and sees the wolf’s face before he blows the candle out. The children trick the wolf into thinking they will climb th...more
Lon Po Po (Grandmother in Chinese) is a beautifully illustrated book that tells the Chinese version of the age-old story of Little Red Riding Hood. The dedication page has a haunting illustration of that is clearly an old woman morphing into a wolf. The use of color in the outline of the woman's face highlights her age, but the contrasting color also clearly defines the eyes of the wolf. The striking thing about this book is that each illustration of the big bad wolf only shows a small part of t...more
This story was awesome! The pictures really showed the darkness that wolves portray and the shadow like figures that they always seem to be depicted as. There were a lot of text but the pictures really gave a new depth to the story and set the mood for the reader. If you read the story without the pictures it sounds just like a regular little red riding hood story but with the pictures it’s a little more haunting and gives a little more of the chinese adaptation to it. One of my favorite things...more
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young is a folklore book. The book won the Randolph Caldecott medal in 1990. The age group this book is intended for is primary to intermediate. The book is about a wolf trying to fool children, but in the end the children fooled and killed him.
The book takes on the theme of good versus bad. The children were tricked by the evil wolf; but once they figured out it was the wolf, they tricked the wolf. The book showed cultural aspects, such as t...more
The book takes on the theme of good versus bad. The children were tricked by the evil wolf; but once they figured out it was the wolf, they tricked the wolf. The book showed cultural aspects, such as t...more
Following a slightly similar plot as Little Red Riding Hood, three children are left alone while their mother travels to visit their Po Po (grandmother). The sly and cunning wolf who lives nearby poses as the Po Po, tricking the children into letting it inside. When the three children realize the trick that has been played on them, they decide to play one of their own. Persuading the wolf to jump into a basket to be pulled to the top of the branches of a gingko tree, the three children succeed i...more
Lon Po Po is a beautiful story offered by Ed Young. It is a Chinese traditional tale that is very similar to the Western Little Red Riding Hood. Three young children outwit a wolf who has come to eat them up while there mother is out visiting their grandmother.
This story suggests that being calm and quick on your feet is a worthy trait that we should aspire towards. The illustrations bring an intense sense of danger and fear. The colors and light force us to dread the sight of the wolf until th...more
This story suggests that being calm and quick on your feet is a worthy trait that we should aspire towards. The illustrations bring an intense sense of danger and fear. The colors and light force us to dread the sight of the wolf until th...more
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Lon Po Po is a twist to the classic "Red Riding Hood" tale of a little girl going to visit her grandmother. In this Chinese version, there are three little girls, sisters, whose mother has left the house for a while and the grandmother is suppose to be coming over to watch the three sisters. However, there is a greedy, hungry wolf lurking in the woods who sees the mother leave and decides to disguise himself as their grandmother in an attempt to get them. However, the three sisters see through t...more
This book is the Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. There were three girls who were instructed to leave the door locked when their mother left to visit their Po Po (grandma). A wolf disguised as their Po Po came to visit them, tricking the girls into letting him in the house. His attempts to eat them and failed as the girls tricked him, leading to his death. The illustrations in this book are a mix of splotches with some detail for the girls’ faces. Some of the images are broken up into...more
Lon Po Po is one of my favorite books because of the illustrations. When I first opened this book I fell in love with the style. The illustrations are so eye catching and interesting. The contrasting colors and soft flow perfectly with the storyline. The story itself is interesting as well because it is a little red riding hood variation. In this story, the wolf sees the mother leave her children at home. After the mother is gone the wolf goes into as the grandmother. The wolf has a plan to eat...more
Lon Po Po, the Chinese version of Red Riding Hood, puts a unique spin on the traditional tale. This version does not send the children to the wolf, but rather the wolf to them. Being left alone as their mother leaves to visit their “Lon Po Po,” the Chinese word for “grandmother,” three children encounter a disguised wolf at their door. This cunning wolf tricks the children into letting him into the house by pretending to be the children’s Lon Po Po. What follows is trickery on the wolf’s part a...more
Grade/Interest Level: PreK-2nd grade
Lexile Level: 670 L
Genre: Multicultural Literature, Modern Fantasy, Traditional Literature
Main Characters: Shang, Paotze, Tao, their mother, the wolf
Setting: China
POV: Third Person
Lon Po Po is the Chinese remake of the traditional story, Little Red Riding Hood. There are some changes to the story in that the children live in China, and there are three siblings in this story instead of one. When Shang, Paotze, and Tao's mother leaves there home to go visit thei...more
Lexile Level: 670 L
Genre: Multicultural Literature, Modern Fantasy, Traditional Literature
Main Characters: Shang, Paotze, Tao, their mother, the wolf
Setting: China
POV: Third Person
Lon Po Po is the Chinese remake of the traditional story, Little Red Riding Hood. There are some changes to the story in that the children live in China, and there are three siblings in this story instead of one. When Shang, Paotze, and Tao's mother leaves there home to go visit thei...more
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Grade/interest level: Primary (K-3)
Reading level: Fountas-Pinnell S/Lexile 670L
Genre: Traditional Literature/Multicultural
Main Characters: Shang, Tao, Paotze, Lon Po Po (the wolf)
Setting: House and front yard (China)
POV: Third Person
Summary:
Lon Po Po is a Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. This version centers around three sisters who are left at home alone when their mother leaves to visit their grandmother. The wolf, Lon Po Po, sees the mother leave and tricks the sisters into thinking...more
Reading level: Fountas-Pinnell S/Lexile 670L
Genre: Traditional Literature/Multicultural
Main Characters: Shang, Tao, Paotze, Lon Po Po (the wolf)
Setting: House and front yard (China)
POV: Third Person
Summary:
Lon Po Po is a Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. This version centers around three sisters who are left at home alone when their mother leaves to visit their grandmother. The wolf, Lon Po Po, sees the mother leave and tricks the sisters into thinking...more
Grades:3rd grade
Genre:Fairy Tale/traditional
Characters: the wolf (disguised as the grandmother), three sisters: Shang, Tao, and Paotze, and the mother
Setting: The setting is at the three sister’s house in Northern China in the country.
POV: The story is told from the oldest sibling, Shang’s point of view.
The book is like the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The mother of the three sisters leaves for the grandmother’s house and tells her children she will not be back till the next morning. As the...more
Genre:Fairy Tale/traditional
Characters: the wolf (disguised as the grandmother), three sisters: Shang, Tao, and Paotze, and the mother
Setting: The setting is at the three sister’s house in Northern China in the country.
POV: The story is told from the oldest sibling, Shang’s point of view.
The book is like the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The mother of the three sisters leaves for the grandmother’s house and tells her children she will not be back till the next morning. As the...more
Fountas-Pinnel Guided Reading: S
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards: Caldecott Award
Characters: the wolf (disguised as the grandmother), three sisters: Shang, Tao, and Paotze, and the mother
Setting: The setting is at the three sister’s house in Northern China in the country.
POV: The story is told from the oldest sibling, Shang’s point of view.
The book is like the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The mother of the three sisters leaves for the grandmother’s house and tells her children she will n...more
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards: Caldecott Award
Characters: the wolf (disguised as the grandmother), three sisters: Shang, Tao, and Paotze, and the mother
Setting: The setting is at the three sister’s house in Northern China in the country.
POV: The story is told from the oldest sibling, Shang’s point of view.
The book is like the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The mother of the three sisters leaves for the grandmother’s house and tells her children she will n...more
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Lon Po Po by Ed Young is a variation of the Little Red Riding Hood. I particularly liked this version of this story because of its authentic storyline and beautiful illustrations. Lon Po Po is a Chinese interpretation of the fairy tale. The setting is located in China and each child has a Chinese name. Young incorporates subtly the culture of respecting the elder by depicting the eldest character as the wisest and the most clever sibling. The eldest...more
Lon Po Po by Ed Young is a variation of the Little Red Riding Hood. I particularly liked this version of this story because of its authentic storyline and beautiful illustrations. Lon Po Po is a Chinese interpretation of the fairy tale. The setting is located in China and each child has a Chinese name. Young incorporates subtly the culture of respecting the elder by depicting the eldest character as the wisest and the most clever sibling. The eldest...more
I read this book for my fairy tale paper.
Lon Po Po is a Red Riding Hood story from China. I thought this was a great version of the book because it actually shows the kids with intelligence. In the story the wolf comes to the kids house and claims to be grandma. shang ends up uses her cleverness to realize it's the wolf, not grandma. They play a trick on the wolf, and end up capturing him, pulling him up a tree, and dropping him from high up. The story seems to send the message that kids can be...more
Lon Po Po is a Red Riding Hood story from China. I thought this was a great version of the book because it actually shows the kids with intelligence. In the story the wolf comes to the kids house and claims to be grandma. shang ends up uses her cleverness to realize it's the wolf, not grandma. They play a trick on the wolf, and end up capturing him, pulling him up a tree, and dropping him from high up. The story seems to send the message that kids can be...more
Grade Level/Interest Level: grade 3-4
Reading Level: Lexile Adult Directed 670L level, 3rd-4th grade
Main Characters: Shang, Tao, Paotze
POV: third person omniscient narrator
Setting: countryside
This story is based on the story of little red riding hood from China. In this story, the mother goes off to the get the grandmother while the three daughters stay home alone. The mother tells them to be careful, and is one her way. The wolf notices that they are alone and knocks on the door pretending to be...more
Reading Level: Lexile Adult Directed 670L level, 3rd-4th grade
Main Characters: Shang, Tao, Paotze
POV: third person omniscient narrator
Setting: countryside
This story is based on the story of little red riding hood from China. In this story, the mother goes off to the get the grandmother while the three daughters stay home alone. The mother tells them to be careful, and is one her way. The wolf notices that they are alone and knocks on the door pretending to be...more
Lon Po Po, written by Ed Young, gives a Chinese twist to the Classic Grimm's Fairy Tale, Little Red Riding Hood. After their mother has set of to see their Po Po, Chinese grandmother, Shang, Tao, and Paotze are left home alone for the night. Living out in the country side makes it easy for an old sly wolf near by to watch the house and see when the plump young children are left along. At dusk the wolf, disguised as an old woman knocks twice on the door. "My little jewels, this is your grandmoth...more
Lon Po Po is a different take on Little Red Riding Hood and definitely is not introduced as such. The three protagonists are three sisters. Their mother leaves them at home while she goes and visits Po Po (their grandmother). She warns them to lock the doors at night and leaves them. A sneaky wolf sees the mother leave and dresses up as an old woman and pretends to be their Po Po. The children agree to let the wolf in. The wolf blows out the candle, the children question it, but the wolf has a...more
What a cute twist on little red riding hood. I love that this book incorporated a different culture than the typical white american culture. The children in the book were Asian and I thought that this was super cool. I also liked that all three children had to work together, depending on the eldest for ideas. The children all had their own distinguished personality that made a great team when you put all of the children together. My favorite part of this book was the dedication. "To all the wolv...more
"Lon Po Po" is very similar the American classic "Little Red Riding Hood". One day in China, a mother leaves to visit her mother for her birthday. She tells her three children to keep the door locked because she will not return that night. A wolf that lived nearby saw the mother leave and decided to dress in disguise as the grandmother (Po Po) so that the children would let him inside. The children question him before they let him inside. To the question "Why is your voice so low?" the wolf repl...more
I like the classic story of little red riding hood. I thought the chinese version "Lon Po Po" by Ed Young was very intersting. Caught my attention but what I did notice is that this story took place at night so it made it a little scary. Pictures were great, more towards asian artwork. The moral of the story is different from the orginal. In this book, three girls are left behind as there mother goes out to visit their grandmother. They are told to watch out for each other and not to let anyone...more
Lon Po Po A Red-Riding Hood Story from China had illustrations that seemed to be almost airbrushed. The illustrations had no hard edges or lines but rather pictures and images that all flowed together. The images within this story were also very close to the characters. An almost zoomed in affect. This allowed me as the reader to feel a personal connection to the characters, you are able to see their eyes and the sorrow and hurt that they are truly feeling. Another interesting characteristic I s...more
This story is the Chinese version of "Little Red Riding Hood". In this version the mother leaves her three girls to go visit their grandmother, Po Po. before she leaves she instructs them to lock the door tight and do not open it. A wolf lives nearby and sees the mother leave. He disguises himself as an old woman and knocks on the door. He tells the three girls that he is their grandmother Po Po. The eldest does not believe this and tells the wolf that mother went to visit her. The wolf cleverly...more
Summary
Three children are left alone at night so they murder a talking wolf.
I can only surmise that the setting of this book is supposed to be Narnia due to the talking animal. This takes me right out of the story as I do not believe in talking animals or locations where they exist. I find the entire notion ridiculous.
The characters are shallow adaptations of classic fairy tales, in this case an amalgamation of Red Riding Hood. We are told much about each character, only to then have that trait...more
Three children are left alone at night so they murder a talking wolf.
I can only surmise that the setting of this book is supposed to be Narnia due to the talking animal. This takes me right out of the story as I do not believe in talking animals or locations where they exist. I find the entire notion ridiculous.
The characters are shallow adaptations of classic fairy tales, in this case an amalgamation of Red Riding Hood. We are told much about each character, only to then have that trait...more
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“To all the wolves of the world for lending their good name as a tangible symbol for our darkness.”
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