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“Little Red Cap” is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century by several European folk tales, including one from Italy called The False Grandmother, later written among others by Italo Calvino in the Italian Folktales collection; the best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The story has been changed considerably in various retellings and subjected to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The story revolves around a girl called Little Red Cap. In Grimms' versions of the tale, she is named after her magical red hooded cape/cloak that she wears. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her sickly grandmother (wine and cake depending on the translation). In the Grimms’ version, her mother had ordered her to stay strictly on the path.

When a little girl in a red cap puts her picnic basket over her arm and sets off through the woods to grandmother's house, one of the best-loved fairy tales of all time unfolds. Lisbeth Zwerger has brought the full range of her highly acclaimed talents to the illustrations in her version of Little Red-Cap, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book in 1983. No little girl has ever been so winsome and naughty, no wolf so beguiling, no huntsman so valiant and so brave. This wonderfully welcome reissue of this timeless story is sure to be enjoyed by children, by the adults who read to them, and by all who love and appreciate beautiful books.

In Little Red Cap, or Little Red Riding Hood, a little girl walks through the woods to deliver wine and cake to her sickly grandmother. Having been warned by her mother not to stray from the path, she is tricked by a large wolf into picking flowers in a nearby field. During this time, the wolf, masquerading as Little Red Cap, swindles the grandmother into letting him in and devours her, and dons her clothing. When Little Red Cap arrives, the wolf, whose appetite was merely whetted by the frail grandmother, makes a meal out of the young girl. Happily, a brave woodsman arrives to rescue the both of them.

This edition contains the English translation and the original text in German. "Little Red Riding Hood", or "Little Red Ridinghood", also known as "Little Red Cap" or simply "Red Riding Hood", is an European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The story was first published by Charles Perrault. This story is number 333 in the Aarne-Thompson classification system for folktales. "Rotkäppchen" (auch "Rotkäppchen und der (böse) Wolf", im österreichischen Burgenland und Ungarn auch "Piroschka", von ungarisch "piros": rot) ist ein europäisches Märchen vom Typ ATU 333. Es steht in den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm als "Rothkäppchen" an Stelle 26 (KHM 26) und geht durch mündliche Weitergabe über Johanna und Marie Hassenpflug auf Charles Perraults "Le Petit Chaperon rouge" in "Contes de ma Mère l’Oye" (1695/1697) zurück. Ludwig Bechstein übernahm das Märchen 1853 von den Brüdern Grimm in sein Deutsches Märchenbuch als "Das Rotkäppchen" (Nr. 9).