Grimm. (2012). "Little Red Riding Hood." Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales. New York: Fall River Press.
This fairytale is just like many of us know. As the young girl picks flowers in the woods for her grandmother, she gets deeper and deeper into the woods. She meets a wolf in the woods, but is unafraid. She ends up telling him what she is doing and where she was going, and the wolf peacefully leaves her. However, he beats her to her grandmother's house, eats the grandmother, and eats the girl when she comes. When a huntsman comes and finds the wolf, but no one else, he cuts the stomach of the wolf to release the girl and her grandmother. In replacement, the huntsman fills the wolf's stomach with stones. The second part of this fairytale is similar, but the wolf waits outside of the grandmother's house for her to leave instead of going in and eating her right away. In the end, the grandmother ends up cooking sausages to lure him in and trick him.
This fairytale could be taught with safety and being aware of one's surroundings for older children.
For younger children, this story could be used for comprehension. Students could participate in a reader's theatre as they act out the scenes while the fairytale is being read to them.
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