A retelling of the folk tale about a little girl who finds a wolf in her grandmother's clothing.
Little Red Riding Hood
Zipes uses these tales to explore questions of Western culture, sexism and politics. In a new epilogue, he also examines the illustrations used in past versions of the tale.
The twelve essays are by international scholars representing an impressive cross section of theoretical approaches."--Page 4 of cover.
Little Red Riding Hood sets off through the forest to visit her grandmother, who is ill. On the way, she meets a big, bad wolf. But watch out, the wolf has a sneaky plan!
"Little Red likes to play by the rules. So when the narrator comes along and asks her to follow the story set out in her fairy tale, she grabs the basket for Grandma and goes. After all, she loves her grandma.
"A thoroughly modern, thoroughly charming retelling of the old favorite.
OF COURSE you think I did a horrible thing by eating Little Red Riding Hood and her granny. You don't know the other side of the story. Well, let me tell you...
After arriving for a visit, Little Red Riding Hood discovers her grandmother doesn't look like herself. She kind of looks like a wolf!
Who do you trust? What do you do? When You Choose the path through three new versions of this fairy tale, the consequences can be chilling, surprising, or disastrous.
With endearing characters and a simple, poetic style, Alessandro Lecis and Linda Wolfsgruber have successfully created a mystical tale about enjoying the here and now and the magic of the winter season.