Little Red Riding Hood

Schart Hyman, T. (1983). Little Red Riding Hood. Illustrator, Trina Schart Hyman. New York, NY: Holiday House.

Brief Annotation: This is the classic tale of a little girl named Elizabeth. She lives with her mother. She is loved dearly by her Grandmother, who made her a red cloak, and everyone calls her Little Red Riding Hood. She is asked by her mother to bring her Grandmother some bread and wine, and to not stray off the path and to come straight home. Little Red Riding Hood strolls through the forest and quickly runs into a wolf. She tells the wolf she is going to visit her Grandmother and starts to wander off. Meanwhile the wolf goes to the Grandmothers' house and gobbles her up! Little Red Riding Hood finally makes her way back to her Grandmothers and the wolf eats her too. A huntsman passes by and hears the wolf snoring loudly so he decides to check on the Grandmother, and when he finds the wolf he cuts him open and frees the Grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood! They share the food and all are happy and Little Red Riding Hood learns her lesson to listen to her mother and always mind her manners.

Genre: Folktale

Grade Level: PreK- Grade 2

Readers who will like this: Students who are interested in folk tales or the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Teachers who want to do a comparison of the different versions would like this one too, being that it is one of the more classic versions of the story.

Response/Rating: 3, I enjoyed the illustrations in the book! I always love the story, but this version is the classic and not the most interesting I have heard, but the illustrations were lovely. I think it’s a great book to read for a bed time read, and really a good one for kids to learn a good lesson of listening to their parents.

One question you would ask before a read aloud: “Have you ever wandered off and done something that your mother told you not to do? What were the consequences?”