5 thoughts on “A Second Look at the Big, Bad Wolf”
Will this lecture be posted in video or audio form after the fact anywhere? Oh, how I wished I lived nearer to these grand conversations.
I’ll try to post it if it is.
There’s a WWII version of Red Riding Hood – that is, it circulated during WWII and it “happened” in Hamburg. You can read it near the end of Terry Deary’s “The Woeful Second World War” (it’s part of the wonderful “Horrible Histories” series for preteens and it comes in more than one edition). The story is called “Hamburg Horror.”
Dr. Tatar — Two Horn Book colleagues and I attended your fascinating lecture. As it happens, these two new picture books recently came into our office for review; both play with the Little Red Riding Hood story in interesting and kid-friendly ways. I thought they would be of interest:
“Little Red Writing” by Joan Holub, illus. by Melissa Sweet (Chronicle)
“Urgency Emergency: Big Bad Wolf” by Dosh Archer (Whitman)
Last year’s “The Girl in Red” by Aaron Frisch and Roberto Innocenti (Creative Editions) is a very dark picture book version.
Niki Daly wrote a “Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa” (Clarion); it’s from a few years ago, and I don’t have it in front of me, but the Horn Book Guide review says, “…this little girl is no helpless victim. The contemporary Ghanaian town is busy and bright in Daly’s jaunty, colorful illustrations…”
Also from a few years ago: Lisa Campbell Ernst’s “Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale” (Simon; “In this cheerful contemporary rendering of the old tale, Little Red Riding Hood wears a hooded sweatshirt and rides her bicycle, while Grandma is a robust farmer who turns the tables on the wolf…”)
Someone else in the audience mentioned YA takeoffs; “Scarlet” by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel) is a popular one.
Thank you for your amazing work in fairy tales. I have been a great admirer since even before my Simmons grad-school days. (I believe my Simmons folklore professor, George Syrimis, was one of your proteges.)
Will this lecture be posted in video or audio form after the fact anywhere? Oh, how I wished I lived nearer to these grand conversations.
I’ll try to post it if it is.
There’s a WWII version of Red Riding Hood – that is, it circulated during WWII and it “happened” in Hamburg. You can read it near the end of Terry Deary’s “The Woeful Second World War” (it’s part of the wonderful “Horrible Histories” series for preteens and it comes in more than one edition). The story is called “Hamburg Horror.”
Dr. Tatar — Two Horn Book colleagues and I attended your fascinating lecture. As it happens, these two new picture books recently came into our office for review; both play with the Little Red Riding Hood story in interesting and kid-friendly ways. I thought they would be of interest:
“Little Red Writing” by Joan Holub, illus. by Melissa Sweet (Chronicle)
“Urgency Emergency: Big Bad Wolf” by Dosh Archer (Whitman)
Last year’s “The Girl in Red” by Aaron Frisch and Roberto Innocenti (Creative Editions) is a very dark picture book version.
Niki Daly wrote a “Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa” (Clarion); it’s from a few years ago, and I don’t have it in front of me, but the Horn Book Guide review says, “…this little girl is no helpless victim. The contemporary Ghanaian town is busy and bright in Daly’s jaunty, colorful illustrations…”
Also from a few years ago: Lisa Campbell Ernst’s “Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale” (Simon; “In this cheerful contemporary rendering of the old tale, Little Red Riding Hood wears a hooded sweatshirt and rides her bicycle, while Grandma is a robust farmer who turns the tables on the wolf…”)
Someone else in the audience mentioned YA takeoffs; “Scarlet” by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel) is a popular one.
Thank you for your amazing work in fairy tales. I have been a great admirer since even before my Simmons grad-school days. (I believe my Simmons folklore professor, George Syrimis, was one of your proteges.)
Thanks!