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Everybody loves the little girl who wears a red-hooded cloak, but no one more than her grandmother.

One day, Grandmother gets sick, and Little Red Riding Hood sets out to visit her, carrying a basket of food as a present.

In this faithful retelling of the Grimms' version, Trina Schart Hyman magnificently illustrates the child's journey through a forest and her scary encounter afterwards with a sly, hungry wolf.

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Trina Schart Hyman

Trina Schart Hyman

1939 - 2004
American
Trina Schart Hyman has illustrated many fine children's books. She lives in Lyme, New Hampshire. From the dust jacket of The Wanderers Trina Schar... See more

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Little Red Riding Hood: 40th Anniversary Edition Reprint

Little Red Riding Hood: 40th Anniversary Edition
Reprinted in 2023 by Holiday House
Reprint edited by Jason Chin
Available formats: Hardcover
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Featuring a new foreword by Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin, this beloved fairytale is now available in a handsomely produced 40th anniversary edition.


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Resource Guide

The Literary Life
Podcast

Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.

Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."