Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood is a well-known European fairy tale said to have existed since before the 17th century. Its first printed version is credited to Charles Perrault, included in his 1697 story collection known as The Tales of Mother Goose. The version best known today was written by the Brothers Grimm, finalized and published in 1857. It has been told in various ways, especially in books.

The story usually goes as follows: Little Red Riding Hood, a girl who wears a red hood, walks through the forest to bring her grandmother some food. She makes the mistake of telling a wicked wolf what she is doing and where her grandmother lives. The wolf, wanting to eat both of them, reaches the grandmother's house first and swallows her. He then disguises himself as her and waits for Red Riding Hood. When the girl arrives, she starts to notice that something is wrong, but gets eaten by the wolf after he reveals himself. Perrault's version ends there, but the Brothers Grimm version continues with a woodcutter/huntsman finding the wolf, cutting him open, and rescuing the victims. In newer retellings, the wolf is often filled with stones, scared off, or befriended by his victims after they're saved.

Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!

This retelling, written by Trisha Speed Shaskan and illustrated by Gerald Guerlais, tells the story from the wolf's side. He is a vegetarian who loves apples, but has run out of food and is starving. He eats Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother, who were quite vain, out of desperation.

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Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story bent out of shape

Retold and illustrated by Tony Ross. This retelling is written in "New York" jargon and includes several PG jokes. For instance, Little Red Riding Hood's parents never named her because they were too busy.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Barefoot Books)

This adaptation, written by Josephine Evetts-Secker and illustrated by Nico Letta Ceccoli, tries to retell the classic tale as a normal story. In the end, Little Red Riding Hood acknowledges that she couldn't have just ignored the wolf as it blocked her path and she wonders what she would do the next time she saw one.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Bell Pond Books)

Retold by Christopher Bamford and illustrated by Patricia Delisa. The wolf is filled with stones in this retelling, but he dies from the weight when he tries to run away.

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Little Red Riding Hood (HarperCollins)

Retold and illustrated by Jonathan Langley. In this retelling, Little Red Riding Hood and her mother save Grandma by knocking out the wolf. Then, Grandma fills the wolf up with onions so he thinks that she gave him heartburn and a headache when he wakes up.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Ladybird Tales)

Retold by Vera Southgate and illustrated by Marina Le Ray.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Parragon Books)

Retold by Gaby Goldsack and illustrated by Dubravka Kolanovic. The Woodcutter decides to shake the wolf's victims out in this retelling and the three people chase the wolf out of the forest.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Parragon Books)

Retold by Gaby Goldsack and illustrated by Emma Lake. This book is bundled with a CD and acts as a teaching aid for young readers.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Scholastic)

Retold and illustrated by James Marshall. Little Red Riding Hood remembers not to talk to strangers in this retelling, but the wolf wins her over with his charming manners. She learns her lesson afterward and she ignores an alligator trying the same trick on her.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Story House)

Retold by Bernette Ford and illustrated by Tom Knight.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Top That Publishing)

Retold and Illustrated by Andrea Petrlik-Huseinović. In this short retelling, the wolf befriends Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandma.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Usborne)

Retold by Rob Llyod Jones and illustrated by Lorena Alvarez. In this retelling, the wolf loves to be sneaky and he lays several traps for Little Red Riding Hood. In the end, Grandma fills him with rattling stones so he can't sneak around and the wolf is stuck eating bugs.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Usborne)

Retold by Susan Davidson and illustrated by Mike Gordon. The wolf is unusually rotund in this retelling and Little Red Riding Hood is delivering a pot of vegatable soup instead of baked goods.

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Little Red Riding Hood (Whitecap Books)

Retold and illustrated by Van Gool, Little Red Riding Hood's kind nature allows her to befriend various forest animals who later save her and her Grandma from the wolf.

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Other adaptations

• Petia and Little Red Riding Hood
• Naše Karkulka
• Unknown fairy tale adaptations produced by Walkers Company
• Tales of Magic
• My Favorite Fairy Tales
• Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
• Capn O.G. Readmore
• My Melody no Akazukin
• Grey Wolf & Little Red Riding Hood
• Merhen Ōkoku
• Sekai Meisaku Dōwa (World Masterpiece Fairy Tale)
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
• Simsala Grimm
• Kids English Land Sekai no Douwa
• Hello Kitty's Animation Theater
• BedtimeStory.TV
• Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack

See also

• The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids