A classic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Home delivers some homemade bread to her sick grandma. Along the way she meets a hungry wolf who schemes to try to eat her. Beautiful illustrations make a scary tale less scary. A happily ever after version.

Artwork felt different - I liked it a lot. Story was set during winter in rural 19th century New England. LRRH takes Grandmother bread and butter. Upon arrival, LRRH immediately recognizes "Grandmother" as an impostor - the wolf she'd met in the forest. She calls for help; her father answers her call, kills the wolf, slits the wolf open, and frees Grandmother.

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Author and Illustrator, Andrea Wisnewski, retells the famous folktale of Little Red Riding Hood. Each page contains unique and colorful illustrations that make this story feel like the classic it is. Many students know of this famous story, so the book could be a great introduction into a lesson on folktales. ( )

Appropriate for grades K-2. Retells the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood, but in a straightforward way. This version of the old story, features a much happier ending than the original. Andrea Wisnewski retold and illustrated this version of the story. The illustrations are beautiful and unique. Wisnewski used black and white prints that made from intricately cut paper designs, and then hand-painted them with watercolor.
Uses in classroom:
-introduce students to retold versions of Grimm fairytales
-have students practice making predictions and inferences
-discuss similarities and make connections between this story and other classic tales (ex. Hansel and Gretel)

Lovely is really the only way to describe Wisnewski's retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. The most attractive feature of this particular version of one of the most retold stories around is the illustrations, which are actually not "illustrations" in the traditional sense. Here the author uses a cut paper technique that simulates traditional woodcuts which is quite effective and really compliments the story, giving it an old world flavor. The text is simple and is framed in each two page illustration, adding to the feel that what the reader is looking at is an old handmade story book with colorfully decorated and detailed woodcut artwork. This was truly a joy to read visually. The story itself follows the traditional bones and grandma IS eaten while Red buys time to try to escape with the "oh Grandma" lines, which I thought was a nice touch. There's nothing here that will scare young readers despite the wolf eating the Grandma and the Woodcutter cutting her out of the wolf (scene tastefully screened by bed curtains and left to the imagination). So what you have is pretty tame, simple text pared with rich artwork that makes Wisnewski's retelling of Little Red Riding Hood ideal for read aloud or for beginning readers. I'd recommend it for anyone who loves a good picture story book or who collects fairy/folktales, it would make a fine addition to any children's library, I give it 4 Stars! ( )