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Little Red Riding Hood
A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 2, 2004
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February 9, 2010
The contemporary illustrations of this traditional re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood create a dreamy vision as Nicoletta Ceccoli uses with vibrant yet soft watercolors. Readers will be mesmerized with the pages as the predictable story unfolds. The words in the story are sharp and descriptive.
This version is a must to include in the collection of Red Riding Hood classroom classics. This version will be appropriate for grades K-4.
This version is a must to include in the collection of Red Riding Hood classroom classics. This version will be appropriate for grades K-4.
January 19, 2018
The classic tale of the girl eaten by a granny-appearing wolf, and then spring from the beasts belly by a wood-chopper told on pastels.
September 2, 2020
Klassikkosatu pienillä tulkinnallisilla muutoksilla. Oikein utuinen fiilis jäi kuvituksen ansiosta!
April 6, 2021
The art in this book is gorgeous. Must go buy it.
June 23, 2011
" Unlike the recent fractured-fairy-tale versions that make Red Riding Hood a strong hero who rescues herself, this picture book dramatizes the archetypal story of the loss of innocence. Red Riding Hood is a sweet, overprotected child. She always keeps to the path and does what grown-ups say–until one day she meets the wolf, who shows her the beauty of the woods and makes her stray. It’s all shown with fun and uproar: the greedy beast rushes ahead and gobbles up Grandma and the little girl, and the woodcutter rescues them. But Ceccoli’s beautiful, soft-toned pictures in acrylics, pencils, and oil pastels focus on the wolf’s seductive power, his sleek body circling the child enraptured by a world she never saw before. On the last page, the child is in the cozy kitchen with Grandma, but outside the shadowy forest beckons. The story is very child friendly; there’s no analysis. But the author is a Jungian scholar, and folklorists and students of children’s literature will want to talk about the underlying coming-of-age journey." Hazel Rochman, Copyright © American Library Association
Hazel Rochman sums it up quite perfectly, wording my own response better than the few notes I’d made after the read. While the story is old and familiar, the decision on Evetts-Secker’s part to forgo the ‘fractured-fairytale’ route is of interest, and refreshment. Pairing her story with Ceccoli’s enchanting style is another brilliant move (on somebody’s part).
The only dark and threatening aspect (visually) is the large smoke-like wolf who is somewhat serpentine and en[w]rapturing. Flowers aren’t a bad idea, nor are small adventures (like walking to grandma’s house). The wolf is hardly unreasonable in his whispers to the young girl, but still, she’d had her instructions, it would have been best to stick to them.
Besides the interesting variation upon the ending, there is a nice introduction to the girl at the beginning.
"In a cozy cottage on the outskirts of a sheltered village there once lived a little girl who was quiet and good. No one noticed her, until one day she appeared in a bright red cape with ribbons to fasten the hood under her chin. Now, people turned their heads on the village street and everyone delighted to see her. From that day on, she was known as Little Red riding Hood."
The grandmother made her the cape by the way. Ms. Rochman is right, “folklorists and students of children’s literature will want to talk about the underlying coming-of-age journey” from page one. Her subtly beneath the calm exterior, the toned-down violence, and gentle sway of words is echoed in Ceccoli’s work. Little Red Riding Hood is rich retelling of a classic cautionary tale.
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Hazel Rochman sums it up quite perfectly, wording my own response better than the few notes I’d made after the read. While the story is old and familiar, the decision on Evetts-Secker’s part to forgo the ‘fractured-fairytale’ route is of interest, and refreshment. Pairing her story with Ceccoli’s enchanting style is another brilliant move (on somebody’s part).
The only dark and threatening aspect (visually) is the large smoke-like wolf who is somewhat serpentine and en[w]rapturing. Flowers aren’t a bad idea, nor are small adventures (like walking to grandma’s house). The wolf is hardly unreasonable in his whispers to the young girl, but still, she’d had her instructions, it would have been best to stick to them.
Besides the interesting variation upon the ending, there is a nice introduction to the girl at the beginning.
"In a cozy cottage on the outskirts of a sheltered village there once lived a little girl who was quiet and good. No one noticed her, until one day she appeared in a bright red cape with ribbons to fasten the hood under her chin. Now, people turned their heads on the village street and everyone delighted to see her. From that day on, she was known as Little Red riding Hood."
The grandmother made her the cape by the way. Ms. Rochman is right, “folklorists and students of children’s literature will want to talk about the underlying coming-of-age journey” from page one. Her subtly beneath the calm exterior, the toned-down violence, and gentle sway of words is echoed in Ceccoli’s work. Little Red Riding Hood is rich retelling of a classic cautionary tale.
L @ omphaloskepsis
http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/20...
June 7, 2011
I am a big fan of fairy tales, but I don't usually like this story very much. I find Red Riding Hood to be spoiled and disobedient. Not my favorite kind of protagonist. In this retelling, Red is much more sympathetic. I definitely plan to use this in my classroom during our fairy tale unit. The illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli are fabulous, unbeatable. Great read aloud for your younger children.
6/6/11
I have to tell you, Goodreads is driving me NUTS on this one. I read this book weeks ago and have been trying off and on ever since to put it on here. Yes, I did read the book listed and pictured above. However, this book ISBN # 978-0-06-202051-2 is NOT that book. Sorry. I tend to obsess over little things. Anyway, the book I mean is marvelous. You already know I don't love Red Riding Hood, but Daniel Egneus' version is worth buying just for the illustrations. In fact, that is why I bought it. Do yourself a favor, copy the ISBN and look it up somewhere else. It's marvelously beautiful.
6/6/11
I have to tell you, Goodreads is driving me NUTS on this one. I read this book weeks ago and have been trying off and on ever since to put it on here. Yes, I did read the book listed and pictured above. However, this book ISBN # 978-0-06-202051-2 is NOT that book. Sorry. I tend to obsess over little things. Anyway, the book I mean is marvelous. You already know I don't love Red Riding Hood, but Daniel Egneus' version is worth buying just for the illustrations. In fact, that is why I bought it. Do yourself a favor, copy the ISBN and look it up somewhere else. It's marvelously beautiful.
February 9, 2010
Josephine Evetts softens the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood, making it more appealing to the younger audience. Although the end is the same, where the wolf gobbles up the little old grandma and the girl, and the woodcutter excavates the two from the wolf's belly, it is not as graphic as other versions of this timeless tale. Evetts uses very billowy illustrations, giving the characters and setting an almost floating effect. I am currently using this book, along with other versions of the folktale, to instruct compare and constrast skills. My second grade students have also been learning quite a bit about genre; this is a classic story to help them understand characteristics of a folktale
March 20, 2015
Soft, almost blurred illustrations with colors that felt very Italian to me. It looked like a fairy tale set within a dream. I had a sense that it was a warm season, summer maybe. Typical retelling, though. LRRH and the young woodcutter filled the wolf's belly with rocks before sewing him up. Upon waking, the wolf dropped to the floor, dead.
3 stars
3 stars
November 28, 2010
This book follows the standard plot line of little red. The pictures look as though they are painted. I like how the end is "she wondered whether she would ever meet another wolf in the forest, and if so, what would she do then?"
October 22, 2008
I really like the whimsical style of the illustrations. The author also chooses some interesting ominous angles that I found successful.
December 18, 2009
I got this book for the illustrations and I wasn't disappointed.
April 22, 2010
Classic book about a young girl who goes to give her sick grandmother food. A wolf meets her in the forests, then comes to her grandma's house. The is a good book for practicing points of view.
February 13, 2011
The illustrations in this book are beautifully dreamlike, and the text is truer to the original version of the tale. The illustrations, however, avoid gore.
September 29, 2014
So many run-on sentences!
Not original text: includes the retold happy ending.
Not original text: includes the retold happy ending.
April 3, 2015
An interesting change from most illustrated versions.
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