Author: Jerry Pinkney
Title: Little Red Riding Hood
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Grade Level: 1-5
Summary: Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf on her way to deliver food to her sick grandmother.
Strengths: The illustrations are absolutely beautiful in this version of the Little Red Riding Hood. Pinkney uses fluid lines and beautiful colors to depict this story. His use of pencil and water colors make the pictures come alive. Pinkney also uses great vocabulary that brings the story to life. For example the "crunch, crunch" the snow makes while Little Red is walking through the woods, makes you feel like you're too walking through the snow. He truly brings this classic fairytale to life.
Concerns: The most common concern for this book is the fact that Little Red and her grandmama are eaten by the wolf and that the woodcutter kills the wolf. While this are important events to keep in mind for young children, Pinkney does a great job at keeping those details without them becoming too upsetting for small children.
Classroom use: This book would be a great introduction to studying different versions of fairytales. Pinkney's illustrations may also encourage older students to create watercolor or pencil sketches of their favorite scenes in fairytales, such as Little Red Riding Hood.
*2008 Capitol Choice Award winner
(image from Amazon.com)
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