Little Red Riding Hood - And Other Girls Who Got Lost in the Woods (Origins of Fairy Tales from Around the World): Origins of Fairy Tales from Around

ISBN-13: 9781473326361 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 82 str.

Amelia Carruthers

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Little Red Riding Hood - Origins of the Fairy Tales from around the World contains seven different versions of the Little Red Riding Hood story, detailing her encounters with the big bad wolf. It includes an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre, as well as the folkloric provenance of the Little Red Riding Hood story itself. It encompasses Aesops Wolf in Sheeps Clothing, the Chinese tale of The Panther, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by Charles Perrault, Rotkäppchen by the Brothers Grimm and Andrew Langs The True Story of Little Golden Hood.What is a fairy tale? The Origins of Fairy Tales from around the World series helps to answer this question, by showcasing the amazing breath and diversity involved in classic fairy tales. It focuses on the unusual phenomenon that the same tales, with only minor variations, appear again and again in different cultures - across time and geographical space. Traditionally told as short stories for children, and for adults too, these popular fairy tales will be sure to delight both young and old. Beautifully illustrated, these story books combine the best story-telling, with the best art-work, in order that the two may be fully appreciated.