Little Red Riding Hood: A Fairy Tale by Grimm (The Little Pebbles) - Hardcover

Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm; Jean-Francois Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789204215 ISBN 13: 9780789204219

Publisher: Abbeville Kids, 1998

Synopsis

The beloved tale of Little Red Riding Hood comes to life as part of the Abbeville Classic Fairy Tale series, featuring full color illustrations throughout.

This charming series retells classic fairy tales with bright illustrations and a clever tone. The stories in the Abbeville Classic Fairy Tale series have been adapted for children today while respecting the richness and flavor of the original versions. The small size of the books and their warm, inviting illustrations will appeal to children. In addition, children will love the game page at the end of each book, and they will want to read all the books in the series.

About this title

About the Author

Jean-François Martin has illustrated more than 15 childrens books, many of which have been translated into to other languages. He is the illustrator of Abbevilles Big, Bigger, Biggest series: Birds, The Farm, The Jungle, and The Sea.

Reviews

These four classics illustrated by French artists, components of the Little Pebbles series, appear in an inviting design and intimate trim size. Each volume delivers a well-known story with evocative artwork. For Little Red Riding Hood, Martin employs an angular cartoon style and pure-black charcoal line that resembles Art Spiegelman's work. Roederer works in a waxy, vivid medium to create a rustic French countryside for Puss in Boots and a cozy domestic space for Goldilocks; her faultless eye for color recalls Bonnard or Matisse. In Mathieu's The Three Little Pigs, the porcine siblings cavort in precisely detailed woodsy watercolors; every yellow filament of straw, brown wooden board and reddish brick is closely observed, and the sympathetic trio stand out in a soft pinkish-brown. Each book concludes with a game: a random series of images that represent moments in the plot ("Can you put them back in the right order?"). The books emphasize the art far more than the words, yet readers will note a few variations from the standard versions of the tales. Wolves, for instance, come to bad ends here: when a huntsman snips open the wolf to free Little Red Riding Hood, he "did not survive the operation," and the Three Pigs' nemesis falls into a pot of boiling water. Further, the Pigs' famous "not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" becomes "not by the hair on my piggy little chin!" With just those few tweaks, these traditionalist texts provide the bases for refreshing, carefully considered new images. Ages 3-6.
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Excerpt from Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time there was a little girl who everyone loved from the moment they met her. Her grandmother, who loved her more than anyone, gave her a beautiful riding hood of red velvet. The little girl liked it so much that she wore it all the time, and so everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood.

One day her mother said to her, "Little Red Riding Hood, here's a piece of pie and a bottle of wine. Please take them to your poor sick grandmother. She needs a treat! Now, leave right away before it gets too hot. Don't run off the path, or you might break the bottle of wine. And don't forget to say, 'Hello, how are you?' when you walk in."

"Don't worry, I'll do as you say," promised Little Red Riding Hood, and she waved and set off.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abbeville Kids
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789204215
• ISBN 13: 9780789204219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 28