Lon Po Po (Paperstar)
A Chinese retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood tale, retold and illustrated by Ed Young. Three sisters are left home alone while their mother visits their grandmother. A cunning wolf arrives disguised as their grandmother, but the clever girls outwit the wolf using a ginkgo nut ruse, ultimately defeating him through their own ingenuity.
Work Information
Caldecott Medal winner. A gripping variation of Red Riding Hood — an outstanding achievement that will be pored over again and again.
Winner of the 1990 Caldecott Medal. Retold and illustrated by Ed Young from a collection of Chinese folktales, this picture book presents a Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. Three sisters — Shang, Tao, and Paotze — face a cunning wolf who disguises himself as their grandmother. Young's dramatic pastel and watercolor illustrations in a Chinese panel art format bring haunting beauty to this tale of childhood wit and courage. Ages 4-8.
Review Summaries
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Highly praised for its unique Chinese panel art-style illustrations combining pastels and watercolors, and for its empowering portrayal of three resourceful sisters.
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School Library Journal gave a starred review calling it a gripping variation of Red Riding Hood and an outstanding achievement that will be pored over again and again.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Published
- 1996-04-16
- Pages
- 32 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 20.32 x 0.36 x 25.4 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780698113824
- ISBN-10
- 0698113829
- Price
- 1925 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Animals/Foxes & Wolves
This Caldecott Medal-winning, classic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood is one of the most celebrated picture books of our time. With characteristic flair and energy, award-winning artist Ed Young illustrates the ancient Chinese version of the favorite fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. Young's vibrant, yet delicate, pastels and watercolors add drama to the deftly translated story. ★ ''A gripping variation of Red Riding Hood. This is an outstanding achievement that will be pored over again and again." — School Library Journal , starred review
Caldecott medalist Ed Young was born in Tientsin, China, and brought up in Shanghai. He cites the philosophy of Chinese painting as an inspiration for much of his work. "A Chinese painting is often accompanied by words," he explains; "they are complementary. There are things that words do that pictures never can, and likewise, there are images that words can never describe." Mr. Young has been illustrating children's books for more than twenty years and has won many awards. He received the 1990 Caldecott Medal for his book Lon Po Po , and his much-lauded collaboration with anthologist Nancy Larrick, Cats Are Cats , was named one of the Ten Best Illustrated Books of 1988 by The New York Times . Mr. Young studied at the University of Illinois, the Art Center of Los Angeles, and Pratt Institute in New York City. He and his family live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. copyright 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.
Reviews
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Poor Wolf
The artwork is wonderful and so is the story, although I wouldn`t quite call it "Little Red Riding Hood." It is the wolf who comes calling on three sisters, while their mother is away. He fools the younger two, and it is left to the eldest to confirm her suspicions and save the day. My boys found it rather thrilling, and it gave me an opportunity to stress the importance of communication as well as listening to "oniichan" if Mommy is not around. However, they both felt a little sorry for the wolf in the end, since he never got around to harming anyone.
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中国の赤ずきん
最後まで読むと、3人の娘に退治された狼がかわいそうに思えてきました。 このオオカミは誰かを襲ったわけじゃないのだから、ほどほどのところで勘弁して逃がしてやればいいのに、何もそこまで徹底的にいじめなくても、 と、最近はいじめのニュースが多いのでそんなことを思いました。 相手が腹を減らした狼とはいえ、動物虐待が好きではないので物語には星マーク3つです。 でも絵は素晴らしいです。 全体的に暗いトーンの配色が、狼に狙われている恐怖と夜の恐怖をさらに恐ろしくしています。 娘たちの顔、一瞬で中国人とわかるのがすごいです。
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I rate a book based on how much my five years old son enjoyed the story. He was not very interested but it was interesting to learn the different Chinese names. Story was just average.
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Un conte chinois qui tient à la fois du "Petit Chaperon Rouge" et de "La chèvre et les biquets". Mes élèves de Moyenne Section ont bien aimé et ont très bien compris l'histoire.
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good
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A classic story for kids about outsmarting a wolf. My daughters are 3 and 6. The 3 year old just loves to be read to. The 6 year old loves this and said the wolf didn’t have to be bad, but he made a choice. And he’ll be ok because his heart can be put back together. It is a good fable like all the class stories and tales.
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This was a great text to use with a class of Year 2 and 3 children. They absolutely loved it, and the story promoted lots of discussion, drama and writing.