The Grimm Brothers' Little Red Riding Hood

by Ronne Randall (Adapter), Anna C. Leplar (Illustrator)

" . . . what big eyes you have!"

Originating in seventeenth-century French folklore, the story of Little Red Riding Hood has long been one of the world's most memorable tales of childhood, with its haunting journey into the dark woods, tumultuous encounter with the big, bad wolf, and heroic rescue. This new gift edition presents the Brothers Grimm version of the tale, fully unabridged with a visionary interpretation by renowned artist Daniel Egnéus that captures both its horror and its romance.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

Ronne Randall has been editing and writing children's books since the 1980s, and has published more than 130 titles on both sides of the Atlantic. Ronne was born and raised in New York City, now permanently resident in the UK. Her interests include art, psychology and folklore.

Reviews

[Anjanabiswa]

Summary: Little Red Riding Hood takes some cake and a drink to her sick grandmother, who lives in the woods. Riding Hood meets a wolf in the woods and he encourages her to pick some flowers for her grandma. While Riding Hood is picking flowers, the wolf goes to grandma's house and gobbles her whole. Then Riding Hood come to grandma's house and sees the door is open. She walks in, noticing grandma's big ears, eyes, and teeth. Then the wolf gobbles up Riding Hood whole. A hunter hears loud snoring from the house and sees there is a wolf and not an old woman sleeping. He cuts open the wolf to get the woman and Riding Hood out and fill the wolves tummy with rocks. Riding Hood and her grandma ate the cake and drank the drink.
Evaluation of Illustrations/Text: The text is at the top or bottom of the page. The text is small. There are a few sentences per page and small paragraphs. The illustrations are drawn with colored pencils. The colors are bright and dull with good detail.
Strategies for Use in the Classroom:
Role play story - Each student chooses a character and give a visual representation of the story.
Rewrite different parts of the story - The students can use the different versions of Little Red Riding Hood to create a new one or use imagination to think of different outcomes for the story.

[Krisz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the drawings and touchy-feely parts (so did the kids) but I don't get why you have to change the end. Even my 3-old knew that the girl gets eaten by the wolf...

[Alex Hobart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book Level: 3.4
Summary - This is the traditional tail of Little Red Riding Hood, how a young girl who wears a red cape with a hood goes to see her ill grandmother and bring her supplies because she is ill, is stopped by a wolf on the way. When she informs the wolf where she is going, the wolf travels to grandmothers house first and eats the grandmother, then waits for red riding hood to arrive. Once red riding hood arrives she is eaten as well. A hunter passes the sleeping wolf and notices that he must have eaten the grandmother and saves the grandmother and little red riding hood.
Characteristics that Support the Genre - this is a story that has been told many times over in many different forms (movies, plays, books, ect) it has also been retold and altered in pieces but the basis of the story stays the same. There is still a moral (possible more than one) that has stayed true through out the retelling of this traditional story.
Voice- Little Red Ridding Hood has a tone throughout the story that shows the reason and purpose of why this story is being told
Suggestions - With traditional literature it is very easy to teach lessons about the moral lesson the book is teaching. For instance this lesson could be directed to talk about danger, teaching younger children to know when to sense danger (not talking to strangers [being polite verses protecting yourself]).

[Terry Gonzalez]

I found that this story was a bit graphic. The book goes on to tell how the wolf ate Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother without sugarcoating it. It also thoroughly explains how the huntsman cut open the wolf to save Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. These details are very descriptive and I wouldn't suggest for young audiences to read this. It could be read by fourth graders and any grades following that. Moreover, the story was well developed in plot. It's illustration helped set the tone of the story through the expressions on the characters' faces. Overall, I enjoyed this read.

[Lorna Reed · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little Red Riding Hood learns to never go off the path her mother told her to stay on again. Cute illustrations.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great story. Sometimes the the Grimm Brothers books are scary to children.

[Aby]

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