Little Red Cap

by Brothers Grimm Narrated by Richard Williams

Overview

A Big Bad Wolf wants to eat the girl and the food in the basket. He secretly stalks her behind trees, bushes, shrubs, and patches of little and tall grass. He approaches Little Red Riding Hood, who naively tells him where she is going. He suggests that the girl pick some flowers as a present for her grandmother, which she does. In the meantime, he goes to the grandmother's house and gains entry by pretending to be the girl.

Editorial Reviews

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 3-This version of one of the most frequently retold and reillustrated folktales is well done in every way, but has nothing to make it stand out among the other 30 plus editions now in print. Bell's translation is close to that of Elizabeth Crawford in the picture book illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger (Morrow, 1983). Except for the fact that the child wears a cap instead of a hood, the story line is fairly close to that of most Little Red Riding Hood retellings. The wolf eats Grandmother and the girl, but a huntsman cuts the animal open and saves them. Laimgruber's illustrations suit the story well and are neither sugary nor excessively frightening. Red Cap is a plain child and the fuzzy wolf has worn teeth and huge yellow eyes. The pictures take readers from the warm, controlled landscape of the girl's home to a climactic double-spread when she meets her fate, back to a cozy setting in which Grandmother and the youngster celebrate the wolf's demise. For surefire appeal, choose James Marshall's intepretation (Dial, 1987) or Trina Schart Hyman's (Holiday, 1982).-Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ

Product Details

BN ID:	2940192743355
Publisher:	Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Publication date:	04/19/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged

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