Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)Hachette Book Group 2007
Picture Book, Folklore
All Ages
This is your classic tale of Little Red Ridding Hood. A little girl is sent by her mother to go to her grandmother's house so she can bring her food since she is not feeling well. She is told to go straight there but on her way Little Red Ridding Hood see a wolf and stops to talk to him, he has an instant desire eat her. Being clever as he was he asked where she was going and told her he was going to tag along. Well along the way she stops to pick up fire wood so that she can help to warm up her grandmother, while doing so the wolf runs ahead and goes to her grandmothers house. When he gets there he gobbles down the grandmother in one gulp. Little Red Ridding Hood gets to her grandmothers house and the wolf is in the bed, well we all know what happens. He ends up eating Little Red Ridding Hood, well he falls asleep and starts snoring really loudly. The wood cutter hears the snoring and goes inside and finds the wolf sleeping in the grandmothers bed. He ends up killing the wolf and splitting open the his stomach and the grandmother and Little Red Ridding Hood jump out. Well they enjoy her mothers soup and then Little Red Ridding Hood goes straight home and has no more run ins with any evil forest animals.
This is the classic story that everyone knows and loves very dearly. Pinkney did not change the basic story himself but he did the illustrations for the classic story. The illustrations that he did were done with pencil, water color, gouache and ink on paper. The illustrations are wonderful, very detailed and they portray the story beautifully! You could have children read different versions of the classic story then have them compare and contrast the stories.
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1 comment:
Thanks for including all of the teaching links Emily. What about the illustrations for Little Red Riding Hood? Is she portrayed as a little blonde girl? What do you think about how Pinkney depicts her?
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