Little Red Riding Hood

by Jane Jerrard

Book by Jerrard, Jane

Genres: Childrens, Fairy Tales

19 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Lorellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review is pretty much only of the art in this book, which is wonderful. I summarized and edited the tale some for Tot.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good rendition of a classic. Grandma makes her granddaughter a red riding hood, and she loves it so much that she wears it everywhere. Mom tells the child to bring some goodies to Grandma but stick to the path and don't pick flowers (don't give into temptation or get distracted when trying to reach the goal). A wolf leads the child into temptation. The wolf is polite and cajoling as he leads the child astray and attempts to lead her to harm. Grandma faints, but she isn't eaten. Red catches on to the ruse and flees before she is consumed. A hunter does shoot the wolf. The moral (listen to your mother) may seem a bit heavy handed, but given the age group this is intended for, maybe it's not heavy handed at all.

*Sorry if this review isn't useful to others, but I'm really writing it for me. This is possibly the best version of this story I've encountered. I want to remember it so I can donate/gift it.

[Bailey Winter]

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else. So she was always called Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother said to her, "Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing. And when you go into her room, don't forget to say, good-morning, and don't peep into every corner before you do it."

[Breyanna Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this story. Little Red Riding Hood's mother tells her that she must take food to her grandmother because she is sick. The mother warns her daughter to stay on the path and go straight to Grandma's house. Although the young girl plans to obey her mother, she is tricked by the wolf into telling him where her grandmother lives.

[Kylee Champlin]

This is the traditional Little Red Riding Hood story of a young girl that goes to her grandmothers house. But, when she is there, she has a run in with a wolf who wants nothing else than to eat the young girl. With her grandmother's help, she escapes.

[Caitlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book teaches kids not to trust strangers by adding a wolf as the villain.

[Jill Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Traditional Literature #12
This book is about Little Red Riding Hood being told to go directly to her grandmother's house and back with a basket of food. On the way, a wolf distracts her and ends up dressing up in her grandmother's clothes to trick her so that the wolf could eat her. In the end, Little Red is saved by a hunter who kills the wolf. The hunter, Little Red, and her grandmother feast on the food from the basket. Little Red knew to always listen to her mother's directions after that.

[Ashley Lahr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Little Red Riding Hood got the name from the red cloak that she wears. Her grandmother made this for her. her mother asked her to take a basket of goodies to the grandmothers house because she was ill. On the way she met a wolf who was very polite. He suggested she pick some flowers, and that she did. The wolf snuck off scared the grandma and pretended to be her. Then she continues to say what big ears you have, what big eyes you have, etc. Then he jumped out of bed but Red was too quick! As the wolf leaped out of the door a hunter shot him.

[Mecca Morrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

The theme of this book was Little Red Riding Hood going off the trail and not listening to her mom and then she gets tricked by the wolf. At the end it says that she learned to never disobey her mother. This was a good version of Little Red Riding Hood because the little girl doesn’t actually get eaten and neither does her mother. I would say this is for kindergarden and first grade.

[Lauren Sharp]

Traditional Literature 9
The classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood follows the little, red hooded girl into the woods on her way to her Grandma's house. She meets the big, bad wolf and must fight him off when he pretends to be her Grandma. The hunter kills the wolf in the end and every one lives happily every after with their basket of goodies.

[Alicia Lawrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Little Red Riding Hood is going to her grandmother's to give her a basket of food. On the way there she talks to a wolf and tells her where she is going. She does not know until she gets there that the wolf wants to eat her. The wolf is waiting there for her and she is able to get away.

[Michelle & Michael]

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[Alex]

Little Red Riding Hood is a good lesson for children because it teaches them that their mothers do know what they are talking about, and that they should listen.

[Julia Buffington]

This story is a little scary for younger viewers but it still happens to be one of the most well known fairy tales still today. I liked this books way of telling the story.