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Young, Ed
LON PO PO : A RED RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA
New York : Philomel, 1989
IL K-3  RL 2.6
ISBN 0399216197

(2 booktalks)
 

Booktalk #1

A mother leaves her children alone at home. She warns them not to leave or let anyone in. The younger children let the wolf in when he claims to be their grandmother. The oldest child , Shang, sees the truth and is able to trick the wolf. Find out how in LON PO PO.

Booktalk #2

Experiencing other culture's versions of classic stories opens children's eyes to the vast world of similarities and differences between all of the people who occupy the vast earth. This version of the Red Riding Hood story features three daughters left at home when their mother goes to visit their grandmother. Lon Po Po, the Granny Wolf, pretends to be the girls' grandmother, until clever Shang, the eldest daughter, suspects the greedy wolf's real identity. Tempting him with ginkgo nuts, the girls pull him in a basket to the top of the tree in which they are hiding, then let go of the rope--killing him.  (Nicole Chess, niknakgymrat323@yahoo.com,  teacher)

SUBJECTS:     Folklore -- China

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