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Uno de los cuentos clásicos más populares de todos los tiempos, en la versión íntegra recogida por los hermanos Grimm Caperucita Roja era una niña muy buena y obediente. Pero un día, cuando llevaba una cesta a su abuela, el malvado lobo la engañó. ¡Menos mal que apareció un leñador! Cuando volvió a aparecer el lobo, Caperucita y su abuela ya no necesitaron ninguna ayuda...
28 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1968
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About the author
Jacob Grimm
5,706 books2,249 followersGerman philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as
Grimm's Fairy Tales
(1812-1815).
Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.
This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .
Adapted from Wikipedia.
Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.
This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .
Adapted from Wikipedia.
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March 1, 2021
Little Red Riding Hood, who is she?
A girl in a red cloak, off to visit her granny
Through the woods she goes, merrily on her way
Wary of the big bad wolf, hunting for his prey
Granny looks peculiar, smells and sounds funny too
Laying in her bed, is this story true?
Or a metaphor for Paedophilla? A young girl, Red Riding Hood, prepubescent
A wolf, a predator, in sheep's clothing, hunting for the young, ever present
It must have been rife, in the middle ages, out in the open
Not hidden like today, kept secret, never spoken
Through institutions, charities, secret societies, taking them from their loving home
Trafficking children, causing suffering, just like it was in ancient Rome
Many stories by the Brothers Grimm, have esoteric insight
And if one understands the meaning, one can be filled with fright
As the message can be seen, if one knows where to look
And read between the lines, of every Grimm book. 👍🐯
A girl in a red cloak, off to visit her granny
Through the woods she goes, merrily on her way
Wary of the big bad wolf, hunting for his prey
Granny looks peculiar, smells and sounds funny too
Laying in her bed, is this story true?
Or a metaphor for Paedophilla? A young girl, Red Riding Hood, prepubescent
A wolf, a predator, in sheep's clothing, hunting for the young, ever present
It must have been rife, in the middle ages, out in the open
Not hidden like today, kept secret, never spoken
Through institutions, charities, secret societies, taking them from their loving home
Trafficking children, causing suffering, just like it was in ancient Rome
Many stories by the Brothers Grimm, have esoteric insight
And if one understands the meaning, one can be filled with fright
As the message can be seen, if one knows where to look
And read between the lines, of every Grimm book. 👍🐯
December 7, 2016
Comienzo a encariñarme con la naturalidad narrativa de los hermanos Grimm a la hora de escribir las tragedias de los antagonistas al final de las historias.
February 25, 2018
This was the bedtime story for the little girl I’m babysitting tonight! A classic. The illustrations are so, so gorgeous. I have to find more by this artist!
Want to read
September 28, 2017Perhaps some caring librarian would remove the spoiler from the blurb. Then, after I have forgotten it was there, I will read the book and be shocked.
December 26, 2017
Gorgeously, if a little oddly, illustrated. You can really see Egneus' experience in fashion design showing here. Dark and dreamy.
August 17, 2025
Aunque Perrault lo escribió* primero, me gusta más la versión de los Hermanos Grimm
*(recolectó, ya que era un cuento que se transmitió por voz desde mucho antes, y así es con varios otros cuentos).
*(recolectó, ya que era un cuento que se transmitió por voz desde mucho antes, y así es con varios otros cuentos).
July 25, 2017
Everyone has heard of Little Red Riding Hood. The girl in the woods who lets the wolf lead her astray on the way to visit her granny. We've seen the story retold in so many different ways in today's media, but how many people have actually read the original story?
Well, I can proudly say that the original story is definitely the best form of Little Red Riding Hood in the media over all time. With such finesse, the Brothers Grimm packed a punch with gore, innocent young girls, and a mystery story.
This is a must read, especially for those who grew up on Little Red Riding Hood. Check out the original. This is pure gold.
Well, I can proudly say that the original story is definitely the best form of Little Red Riding Hood in the media over all time. With such finesse, the Brothers Grimm packed a punch with gore, innocent young girls, and a mystery story.
This is a must read, especially for those who grew up on Little Red Riding Hood. Check out the original. This is pure gold.
October 2, 2020
I was always entertained by this dark fairy tale story as a child, and decided it would be fun to revisit it. This edition has a beautiful cover and features Charles Perrault's reimagining of the German version, originally, "Little Red Cap."
One is reminded that "Little Red Riding Hood" is a tale of its time, with a moralistic message designed to caution young girls against being too trusting, and young lads against the perils of loitering.
Deceptive in its simplicity, this story is entertaining, funny and scary at the same time. It warns modern children of "stranger danger."
The story has a theatrical quality about it with the dramatic conversation between Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf building tension up to the end. One can understand why this story continues to be adapted for pantomime and theatre.
lllustrations are in black and white, something which has become fashionable in recent times. I have to say that I do have a personal preference for color illustrations.
The introduction in the book gave some useful insights into the background of the story.
One is reminded that "Little Red Riding Hood" is a tale of its time, with a moralistic message designed to caution young girls against being too trusting, and young lads against the perils of loitering.
Deceptive in its simplicity, this story is entertaining, funny and scary at the same time. It warns modern children of "stranger danger."
The story has a theatrical quality about it with the dramatic conversation between Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf building tension up to the end. One can understand why this story continues to be adapted for pantomime and theatre.
lllustrations are in black and white, something which has become fashionable in recent times. I have to say that I do have a personal preference for color illustrations.
The introduction in the book gave some useful insights into the background of the story.
October 2, 2020
Reading this for my English class was ridiculously cool. Seeing some of these originals and the inter texts created for them are so interesting.
October 2, 2020
Yet another read for my English classes! Reading classic fairy tales makes reading and watching the new adaptions way more interesting.
August 9, 2017
What a beautiful way to tell a fairy tale! It made it all new to me again; the illustrations are amazing, very beautiful fashion illustrations! It's a must have!!!
February 20, 2017
I really like this fairytale (not only because it inspired so many good movies or the graphic novel Through the Woods) but I always wonder how any girl can confuse her own grandmother with a wolf only because he is wearing her clothes :D
August 19, 2014
My mother sent me a copy of this book, adapted and translated by John Patience. I resumed my French studies last year, and reading children's books is actually an important part of learning a language. Yet, I had never done so.
Until today. This is, of course, the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
I am proud to report that I was able to read this little book without looking up a single word. I highly recommend the use of illustrated children's books as an adjunct to second language studies.
Until today. This is, of course, the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
I am proud to report that I was able to read this little book without looking up a single word. I highly recommend the use of illustrated children's books as an adjunct to second language studies.
August 17, 2014
Muy buena la moraleja de siempre hacerle caso a los padres.
January 20, 2025
Ahora al leerlo de adulta es sorprendente todo lo que envuelve la trama...
November 25, 2024
Excellent.
This was excellent, but not going to review it.
For the moment at least.
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1700] [10p] [Children's] [Highly Recommendable]
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★★★★☆ Perrault's Fairy Tales.
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Excelente.
Esto fue excelente, pero no voy a reseñarlo.
Al menos por ahora.
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1700] [10p] [Niños] [Altamente Recomendable]
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This was excellent, but not going to review it.
For the moment at least.
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1700] [10p] [Children's] [Highly Recommendable]
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★★★★☆ Perrault's Fairy Tales.
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Excelente.
Esto fue excelente, pero no voy a reseñarlo.
Al menos por ahora.
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1700] [10p] [Niños] [Altamente Recomendable]
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July 4, 2022
This is the traditional Red Riding Hood tale, with both the girl and her grandmother being devoured by the bad wolf. Thus, LRRH has a bottle of wine for g'ma, and her father doesn't cut open the wolf, thus freeing his daughter and the g'ma. The wolf is cruel and cunning as was typical of the early tales.
There are 30 pictures of young RRH - sometimes she has a hood, twice she has a hat, in several she wears no red hat or cloak. Sometimes she has dark hair, often she is blonde. In some renditions she looks as young as 4, while in others she could be 15. I enjoyed all of the different interpretations, but it would be confusing for young children.
The tale ends with this moral (which I haven't read elsewhere):
If in this world secure you'd be,
From danger, strife, and care;
Take heed with whom you keep company,
and how—and when — and where.
There are 30 pictures of young RRH - sometimes she has a hood, twice she has a hat, in several she wears no red hat or cloak. Sometimes she has dark hair, often she is blonde. In some renditions she looks as young as 4, while in others she could be 15. I enjoyed all of the different interpretations, but it would be confusing for young children.
The tale ends with this moral (which I haven't read elsewhere):
If in this world secure you'd be,
From danger, strife, and care;
Take heed with whom you keep company,
and how—and when — and where.
November 6, 2012
Beautiful watercolors and fine line drawings interspersed with many fonts in various hues both bold and fancy daw you into this story. Some pages are almost angelic, some terrifying and gothic. Splotchy, dripping, brush strokes, combined with painstaking hairline thin ink drawings, that really need to be seen to be appreciated.
There are amazing flowers blooming on the pages next to a frightening wolf whose whiskers are only in outline so they appear translucent.
Some solids are in negative white some in solid black, even a feather floating down looks really real.
The story stays true to the Brothers Grimm, and the wolf " gets it" in the end, from the handsome huntsman, so it really is a treasure. Daniel Egneus has a style unlike any other, eye-candy de-LUXE!
There are amazing flowers blooming on the pages next to a frightening wolf whose whiskers are only in outline so they appear translucent.
Some solids are in negative white some in solid black, even a feather floating down looks really real.
The story stays true to the Brothers Grimm, and the wolf " gets it" in the end, from the handsome huntsman, so it really is a treasure. Daniel Egneus has a style unlike any other, eye-candy de-LUXE!
May 23, 2016
4 stars
February 23, 2018
Lesson: trust no one. Nicht einmal deine Großmutter.
February 22, 2022
Květa Pacovská ❤️
August 15, 2022
Audiobook pentru draga mea, Livai❤️
November 8, 2017
"Caperucita Roja" es otro de los nuevos títulos que nos ofrece VV Kids, en este caso, en su colección de cuentos tradicionales: Cuentos de Siempre. La edición es en tapa dura y viene realmente cuidada, con unas guardas elegantísimas que simulan la capa de Caperucita Roja: vienen en un color rojo intenso que se alterna con el negro, que simula las sombras de las arrugas de la capa para darle volumen.
Este cuento tradicional de los hermanos Grimm viene ilustrado por Francesca Cosanti y es la traducción de la publicación original de mano del sello italiano White Star Kids. "Caperucita Roja" nos presenta unas ilustraciones a toda página cargadas de detalle, en las que predominan los colores cálidos, el rojo y el negro, y que presentan un tono, cuanto menos, inquietante en ciertas ocasiones. La ilustración que acompaña la parte del cuento en la que el lobo dice "son para verte mejor", cuando Caperucita le pregunta por esos ojos tan grandes que tiene, da escalofríos.
En cuanto al texto, se mantiene la historia tradicional de los hermanos Grimm por todos conocida, con un toque innovador al final de la historia, que nos presenta un desenlace menos cruento y que apuesta por el diálogo entre los personajes. A pesar de cambiar algo tan icónico, me ha parecido una buena elección para compensar el toque tenebroso que tienen las ilustraciones.
Si bien el texto sí lo veo adecuado para niños a partir de 6 años, con alguna de las ilustraciones tengo mis dudas. Quizás es que yo soy algo miedosa y pienso que, con ese tono tenebroso, a esa edad a mí me hubieran provocado pesadillas... Cada niño es un mundo; eso está claro. Eso sí, felicito a VV Kids, por haber añadido un año más a la edad orientativa del público objetivo, ya que la publicación original viene indicada para niños a partir de 5 años.
En conclusión, "Caperucita Roja" es un libro con una edición maravillosa (aunque algo inquietante) que nos ofrece el cuento tradicional de los Hermanos Grimm con un final más civilizado y que recomiendo leer a los peques... de día.
Este cuento tradicional de los hermanos Grimm viene ilustrado por Francesca Cosanti y es la traducción de la publicación original de mano del sello italiano White Star Kids. "Caperucita Roja" nos presenta unas ilustraciones a toda página cargadas de detalle, en las que predominan los colores cálidos, el rojo y el negro, y que presentan un tono, cuanto menos, inquietante en ciertas ocasiones. La ilustración que acompaña la parte del cuento en la que el lobo dice "son para verte mejor", cuando Caperucita le pregunta por esos ojos tan grandes que tiene, da escalofríos.
En cuanto al texto, se mantiene la historia tradicional de los hermanos Grimm por todos conocida, con un toque innovador al final de la historia, que nos presenta un desenlace menos cruento y que apuesta por el diálogo entre los personajes. A pesar de cambiar algo tan icónico, me ha parecido una buena elección para compensar el toque tenebroso que tienen las ilustraciones.
Si bien el texto sí lo veo adecuado para niños a partir de 6 años, con alguna de las ilustraciones tengo mis dudas. Quizás es que yo soy algo miedosa y pienso que, con ese tono tenebroso, a esa edad a mí me hubieran provocado pesadillas... Cada niño es un mundo; eso está claro. Eso sí, felicito a VV Kids, por haber añadido un año más a la edad orientativa del público objetivo, ya que la publicación original viene indicada para niños a partir de 5 años.
En conclusión, "Caperucita Roja" es un libro con una edición maravillosa (aunque algo inquietante) que nos ofrece el cuento tradicional de los Hermanos Grimm con un final más civilizado y que recomiendo leer a los peques... de día.
March 7, 2018
A true classic! How could I not recommend such a popular fairytale for children? “Little Red Riding Hood” has been remade into stories with different languages and interpretations, but Brothers Grimm did an amazing job at capturing every detail in such a short story. Also their consistent use of figurative language is quite remarkable as there is a metaphor, hyperbole, personification, etc. used in at least every paragraph. The text is beautifully written with imagery describing Little Red Riding Hood’s journey to her grandmother’s house. Another interesting characteristic about the short story is the amount of hidden meanings throughout it. Some of the hidden meanings were found from taking a new approach at the short story like looking at it through a Feminist, Marxist, Critical Race, or Psychoanalytic lense. One of my favorite theories to uncover “Little Red Riding Hood” was Marxist because the deep meaning behind capitalism and the negative consequences were all played out just by the classic fairytale majority of people have read in their lifetime. Interpreting the text, I realized the wolf represented capitalism as he found the grandmother’s house deep in the woods. He devoured the grandmother instantaneously and afterwards, devoured Little Red Riding Hood as well showcasing another person paying for someone else’s debt. One of the reasons I did not rate the classic fairytale 5 out of 5 stars is because it was written during a time women and minority groups were oppressed which was incorporated in the book by its racist and sexist meanings in the story. In conclusion, the short story, “Little Red Riding Hood,” by Brothers Grimm tackled variety of meanings that many people have read around the world today.
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February 2, 2025This specific “edition” has literally zero reviews and zero ratings, but it was the only one that I found with only Charles Perrault as an author.
Why write this review, though? Part of this tale appeared on my french class and, naturally, I had to read it all. And I can say I was surprised with how the Petit Chaperon’s story went originally. Here’s a few interesting characteristics:
- Both she and her grandma die
- The wolf asks little Red Riding Hood to “coucher” with him. If you know the “Voulez vous coucher avec moi” phrase, you know the double meaning of this word. Of course, this tale was written centuries ago, but it still caught me out of guard
- When she goes “coucher” with the wolf, she undresses herself
- Then, at the bed, she starts to question the animal about his big body parts
- This last part went pretty much the same way as the versions we all know
- Lastly, I recommend reading the “moralité” for further research
Why write this review, though? Part of this tale appeared on my french class and, naturally, I had to read it all. And I can say I was surprised with how the Petit Chaperon’s story went originally. Here’s a few interesting characteristics:
- Both she and her grandma die
- The wolf asks little Red Riding Hood to “coucher” with him. If you know the “Voulez vous coucher avec moi” phrase, you know the double meaning of this word. Of course, this tale was written centuries ago, but it still caught me out of guard
- When she goes “coucher” with the wolf, she undresses herself
- Then, at the bed, she starts to question the animal about his big body parts
- This last part went pretty much the same way as the versions we all know
- Lastly, I recommend reading the “moralité” for further research
February 12, 2010
Young children will enjoy reading along as they listen to the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood in this online storybook. The animations are simple in this retelling; the characters heads bob and they float through the scenes. But Little Red's cherubic face is sweet and likable and the bold colors keep you engaged. In this version, the woodcutter puts rocks in the wolf's stomach to keep him from eating children and grandmothers.
The speakaboos website is worth exploring if you teach Pre-K to 2nd grade. There is a link for teachers with lesson guides complete with discussion questions and extension activities.
The speakaboos website is worth exploring if you teach Pre-K to 2nd grade. There is a link for teachers with lesson guides complete with discussion questions and extension activities.
March 30, 2025
You already know the story (presented here unabridged)--if you don't, it's easy enough to track down on the Internetz. The selling point for this "gift edition" are the illustrations by Daniel Egneus. He alternates between pen-and-ink drawings and full-color paintings, all beautifully reproduced by HarperDesign. The results play up the gloriously weird absurdity of the Brothers Grimm tale. The wolf isn't quite as frightening as in other interpretations, although he doesn't come off as a cross-dressing clown. I would probably shelve this book in the "art" section rather than in the picture book section.
February 18, 2011
This was an impulse buy - it was on a stand by the cashier, and I was so intrigued by the cover, I had to pick it up. I am elated that I did. Firstly, I have never actually read the Brothers Grimm version. It is both more fanciful and darker than I had imagined. Secondly, it is quite possibly the most beautiful book I have ever seen. The illustrations are combinations of ink, water color, photography, and much more. If you are a fan of this story, or simply a lover of art, pick up this edition. It is exquisite! I sincerely hope that there will be sister versions of other Grimm classics. I'll happily purchase every one!
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