Little Red Riding Hood
Jerry Pinkney’s straightforward retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood” is distinguished by illustrations in which the title character is a young Black girl. Pinkney’s lovely watercolor images of nature create a stunning stage for the familiar tale, with Red Riding Hood’s crimson cape a striking visual focal point as she travels through a subdued brown and white forest snowscape to her grandmother’s cabin. The wolf is deliciously realistic, his slinky body suggestive of muscle and danger; a sensibility at once heightened and made absurd once he dons Grandmother’s cap and glasses. Pinkney’s choice to make Grandmother light-skinned reflects the diversity that is embodied in so many families in this welcome recasting of a traditional tale. ©2007 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
African Americans
Animals (Fiction)
Folk and Fairy Tales
Diversity subject:
Black/African
Publisher:
Little, Brown
Publish Year: 2007
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780316013550
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 398 Pinkney