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Little Red-Cap
When a little girl in a red cap puts her picnic basket over her arm and sets off through the woods to grandmother's house, one of the best-loved fairy tales of all time unfolds. Lisbeth Zwerger has brought the full range of her highly acclaimed talents to the illustrations in her version of Little Red-Cap, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book in 1983. No little girl has ever been so winsome and naughty, no wolf so beguiling, no huntsman so valiant and so brave. This wonderfully welcome reissue of this timeless story is sure to be enjoyed by children, by the adults who read to them, and by all who love and appreciate beautiful books.
- GenresPicture Books
32 pages, Hardcover
Published September 7, 2006
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Lisbeth Zwerger
109 books80 followersLisbeth Zwerger is an Austrian illustrator of children's books. For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.
Born in Vienna in 1954, she studied at the local Applied Arts Academy from 1971 to 1974. Since the publication of her first illustrated book in 1977, she has worked as a freelance picture book illustrator specializing in fairy tales.
Born in Vienna in 1954, she studied at the local Applied Arts Academy from 1971 to 1974. Since the publication of her first illustrated book in 1977, she has worked as a freelance picture book illustrator specializing in fairy tales.
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March 9, 2012
I thought this book was a great read because not only it brings forth the closest interpretation to the real red riding hood story, but it is also a direct translation of a story from another country. It is defenetly not the traditional disney story, but instead brings forth the ideas of all the early folktales that the German culture had shared for many years.
In this story little red is taking the provicions that her mother asked her to take to grandmothers, but on the way the wolf distracted her and made her take time aside and pick flowers, while he went to the house and ate the grandmother. Little red cap than later arrives to find the wolf in her grandmothers bed and is eaten at well. A huntman later enters the cabin and cuts open the wolfs stomach and rescues the grandmother and little red and later killing the wolf.
The brother's grimm are a pair of brothers who collected all the stories that they had heard in Germany and wrote them down so that they would not be lost like so many other oral hitory that had not had the oportunity to be recorded on paper. The Brother's kept their stories as orinigally as they could, and i think that is a great value that everyone should apreciate. Learning what the real sotry was instead of just seeing and believing the disney version.
In this story little red is taking the provicions that her mother asked her to take to grandmothers, but on the way the wolf distracted her and made her take time aside and pick flowers, while he went to the house and ate the grandmother. Little red cap than later arrives to find the wolf in her grandmothers bed and is eaten at well. A huntman later enters the cabin and cuts open the wolfs stomach and rescues the grandmother and little red and later killing the wolf.
The brother's grimm are a pair of brothers who collected all the stories that they had heard in Germany and wrote them down so that they would not be lost like so many other oral hitory that had not had the oportunity to be recorded on paper. The Brother's kept their stories as orinigally as they could, and i think that is a great value that everyone should apreciate. Learning what the real sotry was instead of just seeing and believing the disney version.
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June 9, 2016This book is an older version of the classic little red riding hood fairy tale. It is much more gruesome and violent than the original story.
The illustrations look to be colored pencil
I thought this book was rather violent and less of a fairy tale than the original. It would still be good to talk to students about the way things change over time.
The illustrations look to be colored pencil
I thought this book was rather violent and less of a fairy tale than the original. It would still be good to talk to students about the way things change over time.
June 12, 2009
Haunting illustrations but, frankly, not a child friendly story when you really think about it.
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