Little Red Riding Hood

by Brothers Grimm Narrated by Olga Makina

Overview

Little Red Riding Hood is the famous fairy tale in which the wolf eats the grandmother. A little girl is on her way to her sick grandmother, but once she arrives she notices her grandmother looks odd. She has big ears and big eyes and large hands. It's the wolf! The moral of the story is: don't trust strangers. Recommended for age 4+.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

★ 10/06/2014
This lush production is a companion to Schenker’s earlier Hansel and Gretel, though it has a slightly different look. Here, Schenker uses die-cuts to add depth and complexity to her black, hand-cut silhouette portraits. Japanese touches, including traditional stencil patterns and binding, give the book a lightness that offsets its dark subject matter. Despite the title, Bell’s fine adaptation uses “Little Red Cap” throughout the text. Little Red Cap appears on plum-colored board whose cutouts suggest the tendrils and leaves of the deep forest. The wolf’s profile is visible through the tangle, but only just. When the page is lifted, Little Red Cap is seen setting off down the path as the wolf looms after her. Delicate, threadlike trees beyond them draw the eye on. More die-cuts provide glimpses through the window of the grandmother’s house, through the lacy curtains around her bed, and, at the climax, into the gaping maw of the wolf. The suspense created by the shadowed, partial views of what is to come deepens the menace of innocence pursued by evil. It’s a remarkable example of the book as art. Ages 5–7. (Nov.)

From the Publisher

★ "A remarkable example of the book as art." – Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Schenker's illustrations and design combine with Bell's graceful translation to take the breath away." – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "An eloquent narrative, stunning artwork, and exquisite bookmaking grace the Grimm Brothers’s classic tale….The clever way that visual effects are used and reused—shifting and redefining mood and meaning—provides an understated yet cinematic reading experience. A lovely addition to fairy and folktale collections." – School Library Journal, starred review

"Schenker’s evocative and exquisite illustrations bring a unique beauty and graphic excellence to this beloved favorite.You may have read 100 different Little Red Riding Hood books, but you’ve not seen one like this before…..a keepsake book to be treasured." – Smart Books for Smart Kids

"Check out Schenker’s gorgeous edition of the Grimms’ Little Red Riding Hood.  Schenker uses die-cut paper illustrations and delicate layering to unfold the tradition marchen, pulling the reader through a familiar yet menacing landscape that surprises with each turn of the page." – Slate.com

"The intricate paper cutouts . . . will send chills down your spine. They're just incredible. Every piece of the illustrations becomes important, from what we can see through the cutouts to the shadows to what we see on the other side of each cutout. The book is just absolutely flawless.” - Let’s Talk Picture Books

"Schenker’s illustration style, utilizing die-cut paper layering and transparencies to draw the reader from page to page, deserves high praise."– Something to Read For the Train blog

"Sure to be treasured." – Teenreads.com 

School Library Journal

★ 02/01/2015
K-Gr 4—An eloquent narrative, stunning artwork, and exquisite bookmaking grace the Grimm Brothers' classic tale. Set against bold-hued backdrops, Schenker's characters are defined by thick black lines, color blocks, and elegant patterns. Throughout, intricate die-cut folios utilize finely wrought detail and color contrasts to enhance the images before and after the page is turned. For example, Little Red Cap's first meeting with the wolf is presented on a burgundy backdrop, the characters viewed through—and softened by—the trunks of die-cut burgundy trees; the next spread employs the same die-cut page but shifts the color scheme to reveal a starker-seeming forest fashioned from white with black-ink touches and a much-more ominous tone. Other die-cuts evoke sunbeams dancing through daintily latticed leaves as the girl gathers flowers, the delicate lace of the curtains obscuring Grandmother's bed (and the toothy imposter hidden within), and the ultimate "All the better to eat you with" moment (a large-size black silhouette of the wolf's gaping jaws) is affecting but not overwhelming. VERDICT The clever way that visual effects are used and reused—shifting and redefining mood and meaning—provides an understated yet cinematic reading experience. A lovely addition to fairy and folktale collections.—Joy Fleishhacker, School Library Journal

Kirkus Reviews

★ 2014-09-14
As she did with Hansel and Gretel (2013), Schenker employs intricate die cuts, patterned prints, bold lines and basic colors to create a haunting journey through the familiar Grimms tale. Opposite the first page of text, Little Red Riding Hood poses in her cape against a thicket of die-cut vines, through which readers can discern a sun-dappled forest and the ominous black silhouette of a wolf. With the turn of the page, readers see on the recto the little girl's back as she proceeds into the wood and the Wolf about to emerge from the trees; on verso, her promise to obey her mother is printed within the shape of her image from the previous page. As Little Red Riding Hood proceeds through the wood, subsequent, die-cut pages continue to lift and turn, creating a layered dimensionality. The sleeping grandmother can be glimpsed through the window of her cottage; as the page turns, she is revealed in her bed, while the wolf's menacing face can be seen through that same window from the interior. The "All the better to eat you with!" moment is suitably terrifying: Cuts in the black page evoke the snarling wolf by revealing the crimson page beneath, but the image is so stylized that it appears almost abstract, its impact emotional rather than graphic. Schenker's illustrations and design combine with Bell's graceful translation to take the breath away. (Picture book/fairy tale. 5-10)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176774429
Publisher:	Ririro
Publication date:	11/21/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	Up to 4 Years