The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids (or The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats, among similar titles) is a German fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm, first published in 1812 in the original Grimms' Fairy Tales collection. It has resemblances to the stories of Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, so it has been thought to be inspired by them.

The story begins in a house in a forest where a mother goat and her seven kids live. The mother goat leaves to get food, warning her kids to not open the door for the wolf, who will eat them if he enters. After she leaves, the wolf tries to get into the house twice by pretending to be the mother goat. The kids see through him, first by his gruff voice, then by the color of his paws, and refuse to let him in. After softening his voice and whitening his paws, the wolf successfully tricks the kids into opening the door, whereupon he eats all but the youngest one, who managed to hide. When the mother goat returns, the youngest kid tells her what had happened. They soon find the wolf fast asleep outside. The mother goat cuts his belly open with a pair of scissors and rescues the swallowed kids, then they fill his belly with rocks and sew him back up. When the wolf wakes up, he goes to get a drink of water, but the weight of the rocks causes him to fall into the water and drown, much to the goats' joy.

Grimm's Fairy Tales: Retold in One-Syllable Words

This book includes the story The Wolf and the Six Little Kids, featuring six kids instead of seven.

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Brothers Grimm The Wolf & the Seven Kids (Michael Neugebauer Publishing)

A Chinese adaptation illustrated by Kiko Kaichi and translated into English by Anthea Bell.

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Famous Fairy Tales: Adapted by Fred Ladd and Murray Benson

The tale "The Wolf and the Seven Kids" is included in the Famous Fairy Tales book. Interestingly, the illustrations from the book appear to be images taken from various animations.

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The Fox and The Cat: Animal Tales from Grimm

The book consists of various Grimm fairy tales involving animal characters including "Wolf and the Seven Young Kids".

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Le Loup & Les 7 Chevreaux (Bamboo Edition)

In this adaptation, the Mother Goat bashes the Wolf in the head with a club before cutting him open. Also, the Wolf is shoved into the well by The Youngest Kid in this adaptation.

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Le Loup et Les Chevreaux (Dominique et compagnie)

This book is part of a collection designed to help first-year elementary school students read.

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Le Loup et Les Sept Petits Chevreaux (Collection Diamant)

A French adaptation with illustrations designed after early cartoons.

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Le Loup et Les Sept Petits Chevreaux (Nord-Sud)

This French adaptation's only distinction is that gives the kids either solid white or black fur.

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Mrs. Goat and her Seven Little Kids

An adaptation created by British Children's author and illustrator Tony Ross.

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My Giant Story Book

My Giant Story Book is a collection of 40 children's stories including "The Wolf and The Seven Kids"

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Nanny Goat and The Seven Little Kids

In this retelling, the Wolf manages to eat all the kids and the mother goat by waiting for her to return. The family still escapes by using the sewing scissors which the mother goat now has with her.

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The Best of Grimms Fairy Tales (Larousse & Co., Inc)

Another collection of Grimms Fairy Tales, this retelling gives the characters realistic appearances.

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Wolf and The Seven Little Goats (Patrick Hwang)

This adaptation is part of the Art Classic Stories where classic fairy tales are illustrated in the style of famous artists. In this case, the art style of famed Danish-French Impressionist Camille Pissaro.

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Wolf and The Seven Little Kids (Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre)

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Wolf and The Seven Little Kids (LadyBird Books)

A normal retelling of the classic tale by LadyBird Books.

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Wolf and The Seven Little Kids (A LadyBird Easy Reading Book)

One of the entries from Ladybird Book's "Easy Reading" series.

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Wolf and The Seven Little Kids (North-South Books)

A fairly normal retelling of "The Wolf and The Seven Little Kids" save for the inlcusion of varoius bystanders in the illustrations.

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Wolf and The Seven Little Kids (Picture Window Books)

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Wolf and The Seven Little Kids (Random House)

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Wolf and The Seven Little Kids (Troll Associates)

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Other adaptations

• The World's Greatest Fairy Tales
• Merlin's Cave
• My Favorite Fairy Tales
• Sekai Meisaku Dōwa (World Masterpiece Fairy Tale)
• Merhen Ōkoku
• Simsala Grimm
• Onegai My Melody
• Masha and the Bear

See also

• Little Red Riding Hood