Little Red Riding Hood
Trina Schart Hymanused to pretend she was Little Red Riding Hood when she was a little girl, wearing a red cape sewn by her mother. Her love for this character permeates her award-winning retelling of the traditional Grimm story, even as Grandma and Little Red get eaten alive by the wolf and then saved by the kindly woodsman (illustrated carefully with a minimum of violence). Little Red learns her lessons--to keep her promises, to stay on the path, to mind her manners, and to avoid talking to big, bad wolves--lessons parents still try to teach their children many generations after the Brothers Grimm first recorded this story.For over 20 years, readers young and old have loved Hyman's illustrations of children's books, fairy tales, and folk tales--most notably the Caldecott Honor BookHershel and the Hanukkah GoblinsbyEric Kimmel, andThe Fortune TellersbyLloyd Alexander. Her illustrations forSaint George and the Dragon, byMargaret Hodges, won the Caldecott Medal.(Ages 3 to 6)