Little Red Riding Hood/Caperucita Roja (Bilingual Fairy Tales) - Softcover

After studying at Marburg, Jacob became a clerk in the War Office at Kassel, and in 1808 librarian to Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia. In 1841 he received Professorship at Berlin, and in 1854 began work on Deutsches Worterbuch with his brother.

PAU ESTRADA has illustrated many children's books, including "Soccer Counts! by Barbara Barbieri McGrath. "Button Soup by Doris Orgel (Gareth Stevens) and "Little Red Riding Hood: Caperucita Roja by Jacob Grimm (Chronicle). He lives in Barcelona, Spain.

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) studied law in the early 1800s but became much better known as an accomplished and passionate storyteller and, with his brother Jacob, one of the Grimm Brothers, who gave the world the groundbreaking and fantastic collection of folklore, fairy stories, and fantasy tales we now call Grimm's Fairy Tales.

PAU ESTRADA has illustrated many children's books, including "Soccer Counts! by Barbara Barbieri McGrath. "Button Soup by Doris Orgel (Gareth Stevens) and "Little Red Riding Hood: Caperucita Roja by Jacob Grimm (Chronicle). He lives in Barcelona, Spain.

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) studied law in the early 1800s but became much better known as an accomplished and passionate storyteller and, with his brother Jacob, one of the Grimm Brothers, who gave the world the groundbreaking and fantastic collection of folklore, fairy stories, and fantasy tales we now call Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Kindergarten-Grade 2-A classic Grimm tale retold in Spanish and English. Charming yet scary illustrations add to the story of the little girl who meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to take her grandmother a jar of honey and a pie (instead of wine and a piece of cake, as in the original). Another variation occurs when the hunter opens the wolf's body to save the grandmother and child. Once rescued, Little Red Riding Hood stuffs two big stones into the wolf's belly and sews it up. This weighs him down and he dies "on the spot." Estrada's colorful compositions, whether full page or spot, are balanced and attractive. The well-written narratives are likely to engage independent readers as well as read-aloud audiences.
Reina Huerta, New York City Public Schools
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