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Little Red Riding Hood is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. [4] Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales.The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault [5] and the Brothers Grimm.
The story is a Chinese version of the popular children's fable "Little Red Riding Hood" as retold by Young.Contrary to the original fable, in which there is only one child (Little Red Riding Hood) who interacts with the nemesis of the story (the wolf), Lon Po Po (Mandarin for "wolf [maternal] grandmother") has three children, and the story is told from their perspective.
Little Red Riding Hood has also been reviewed by Booklist, [4] Horn Book Guide, [4] Library Media Connection magazine, [4] School Library Journal, [4] and School Library Media Activities Monthly. [5] It was a 2008 ALA notable Children's (Young Readers) Book. [6]
In 2018, the story was told in the first season of Tell Me a Story, a serialized drama that interweaves The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel "into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge, and murder. [17] Episode 1 of Dino Babies, "These Doors Are Made for Knocking", is based on this story.
The slasher film Red Riding Hood – The Blood of Red Riding Hood is based on the story. [8] The Syfy film Red: Werewolf Hunter (2010) [9] [10] starring Felicia Day, is a modern, action-film take on the story. [11] The film Red Riding Hood (2011), starring Amanda Seyfried, is a period romance/horror film based on the fairy tale.
Once Little Red Riding Hood's children are asleep after the story, the Wolf decides not to exact revenge for his dead nephews and leaves the house wishing Little Red Riding Hood a good night. After exiting the bus, the Wolf sheds Mrs. Hunt's clothes and runs into the woods.
The book is divided into two main sections. The first, "A Pocketful of Magic," outlines Bettelheim's thoughts on the value of fairy tales for children. The second part, "In Fairy Land," presents psychoanalytical readings of several popular fairy tales, specifically: "Hansel and Gretel" "Little Red Riding Hood" "Jack and the Beanstalk" "Snow White"
The story was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812. Their source was the Hassenpflug family from Hanau. [2] A similar tale, "The Wolf and the Kids", has been told in the Middle East and parts of Europe, and probably originated in the first century.