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Little Red Riding Hood

This is another rewritten fairy tale published by Little Hare Publishing that is more kid friendly than previous versions. Little Red Riding Hood is given instructions by her mother to take a basket of goodies to her ill grandmother and not to dawdle along the way. That’s it. She meets the wolf who is actually very polite and pleasant, not at all scary. He even suggests that her grandmother might enjoy some of the wildflowers growing alongside the path. She picks and he runs to grandmother’s house and eats her whole. LRRH shows up and he eats her, too, then falls into a sleep, snoring loudly. A woodsman hears and comes in the cottage and cuts open the wolf and rescues grandmother and LRRH. They fill his stomach with rocks and when he awakens, he stumbles outside and falls into the well and drowns. Kids immediately recognize that LRRH is too friendly with the wolf, but they aren’t scared by the story. This version is great for beginning readers.