Little Red Riding Hood: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689831161 ISBN 13: 9780689831164

Publisher: Little Simon, 2001

Synopsis

"And what big eyes you have, Grandma."

The better to see this delightful pop-up with! Written and illustrated with humor and soul by award-winner Marjorie Priceman, this adaptation of the classic fairy tale will prove to be a favorite for generations to come.

About this title

About the Author

Marjorie Priceman has won Caldecott Honors for her illustrations in ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! A VIOLIN by Lloyd Moss and HOT AIR: THE (MOSTLY) TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST HOT-AIR BALLOON RIDE, which she also wrote.  She lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

 

Reviews

riceman (Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin) reconceives the story of the smooth-tongued wolf and his gullible visitor in three dimensions, in this addition to the Classic Collectible Pop-Ups series. Warmly colored in scarlets and magentas, accented with cobalt and pumpkin, Priceman's wallpapered, knick-knack-filled interiors provide the story with cozy domestic touches, and she adds plenty of spice to the text. Dispensing with the lumberjack, her version has Little Red Riding Hood urge the wolf to cook her in a pot with lots of pepper. His sneezes bring forth the missing grandmother, who hurls her false teeth at him and chases him out of the house. Satisfying paper engineering moves the wolf's tongue expectantly across his lips as he waits in Grandma's bed sporting her mobcap, then sends him leaping out of bed toward his wide-eyed victim. After her exciting day, Grandma reads Red Riding Hood an inch-high storybook (thoughtfully included for readers to share) about a girl who does not talk to the big bad wolf, does not leave the path and goes directly to her grandma's without stopping. "That's not a very good story, Grandma," Little Red Riding Hood complains, as a full moon pops up over their little cardboard house. A pop-up standout. All ages.

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Ages 4-8. There's excitement in this old favorite as Little Red Riding Hood goes pop-up. The paper engineering is quite intricate, as is the book's design as a whole. Each two-page spread features an impressive pop-up in the middle of the pages. The last third of the right-hand page, on which the text is printed, folds over yet another pop-up. Flaps that need to be lifted also decorate the pages. Priceman's text takes some liberties (Grandma comes out of the wolf's stomach during a sneeze), and there are a few missed chances with the art (the wolf-as-grandma springs in the smaller pop-up rather than in the large center one). But overall, this is a delightful version, engagingly illustrated even without all the bells and whistles. Ilene Cooper
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Edition details

• Publisher: Little Simon
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689831161
• ISBN 13: 9780689831164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Priceman Marjorie
• Number of pages: 14