Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales

Little Red Riding Hood:

Summary: There was a pretty little girl who lived in a village. Her mother doted on her because she was so pretty, and so did her grandmother. HEr grandmother was especially fond of her and so she made her a Red Riding Hood. The little girl loved it so much that that was what people called her. One day her grandmother was sick and so her mom made cakes to have Red Riding Hood take to her. Her grandmother lived in the next town over and as Red Riding Hood was walking through the forest she met a wolf. He was really hungry but he wouldn't eat ther there because there were a lot of woodcutters not far from where they were. So he just asked her where she was headed. She didn't know it was dangerous to talk to a wolf so she told him and went along her way. He ran as fast as he could to get to grandmother's house before Red Riding Hood. Once he got there he tricked grandma into think it was Little Red Riding Hood and she told him how to get in. Once in, he ate her, and then puton her clothes to wait. Red Riding Hood arrived and she came in. She got into bed with grandmother only to notice how different she looked! She had big arms, legs, ears...and teeth! The woolf ate her too.

THE END

The moral of the story: little girls, never trust stranger friends because it could be a wolf lurking in disguise

Who would benefit from reading this book/Who would I recommend this book to?

This tale has a good moral. It is a bit creepier than the version most of us are used to where the woodcutter saves little red and her granmother. But it is true little girls or boys could benefit from reading this. Don't trust strangers until you know enough about them.

What problems/conflicts could this potentially cause?

Well, like I said, it is a little sisnister that she and her grandmother get eaten. You don't want to read this to your kids if you know they are going to have nightmares about being eaten by wolves.

My Reaction:

Well, this version is definately shorter than the one I am used to, but it gets to the point a little quicker. And, sometimes you wont always have someone there to rescue you if you've gotten yourself into trouble! I liked it. Of course it is well written or it wouldn't be around still.

The others I read:

~Sleeping Beauty

~Cinderella (the Little Glass Slipper)

~The Master Cat or Puss in Boots