We also have LoveReading4Schools to support parents, teachers and school librarians in helping engender that life-long love of reading in children.Īfter changing ownership in 2017, the entire LoveReading brand has been given a fresh coat of paint.
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LS 5653: HOW CHIPMUNK GOT HIS STRIPES (Native Amer.LS 5653: LON PO PO (Asian Pacific American Lit.).LS 5653: THE MAGIC PAINTBRUSH (Asian Pacific Ameri.LS 5653: GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY (Asian Pacific Amer.LS 5603: HOW I LIVE NOW (Fiction/Fantasy/Ya Lit.).LS 5603: THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (Fiction/Fantasy/Y.LS 5603: ARTEMIS FOWL (Fiction/Fantasy/YA Lit.).LS 5653: BECKY THE BRAVE (Inclusive Lit.).LS 5653: AND TANGO MAKES THREE (Inclusive Lit.).ISBN 0698113888Īfter reading both stories, have your students identify why Ed Young is a Caldecott award-winning illustrator! If you enjoyed this book, you might also want to consider having your students read this other fractured fairy tale or fairy tale variant from China. School Library Journal- "With forceful impressionistic paintings, Young artfully entices readers across the fairy-tale threshold into a story of three girls' fearless battle of wits with a famished wolf.” Publishers Weekly- “The juxtaposition of abstract and realistic representations, the complicated play of color and shadow, and the depth of the artist's vision all help transform this simple fairy tale into an extraordinary and powerful book.”
School Library Journal- "A gripping variation on Red Riding Hood that involves three little sisters who outsmart the wolf.” *Winner of the Caldecott Medal (1990) and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Overall, I would highly recommend this story as an addition to any library for its mysterious appeal, engaging text, and wonderful illustrations. The audience is able to root for the good guys and dissuade the bad guys based on their previously established schema for the Red-Riding Hood folktale. All readers can appreciate the children's curiosity when exploring the uncertainty of their grandmother's identity. The chosen storyline and plot offered entertainment and wonder throughout and provided a satisfying experience for its readers. The mystic and scary characteristics of the wolf were deep and believable thanks to Young's descriptions. This offered a variety for his readers throughout the story and eased the sometimes constant sense of boredom that readers can have with stories. I enjoyed how he would draw each picture in different picture frames on the page in order. In addition, Young also does an incredible job of supporting and adding to the text with his colorful and realistic illustrations. Ed Young does a wonderful job of allowing the richness of the culture to come alive in this awesome and intriguing page-turner of a story.
I strongly felt that this story was culturally aligned with its Asian Pacific American culture including cultural markers, even though it was a folktale variant, such as a loving grandmother, a sense of magic, authentic skin tone, facial features, and hair, etc. Critical Analysis (including Cultural Markers) The kids trick the wolf into letting them go fetch some gingko nuts that will help him "live forever." When they climb up the gingko tree, they eventually kill the wolf and tell their mother all about it after she returns from the real Po Po's house.Ĭ. Eventually, the children figure out that this is not really their dear, sweet Po Po and devise a clever plan to get rid of the wolf. When they let the wolf in, he blows out the candle so they cannot see.
When they hear a knock at the door (which is secretly the wolf pretending to be their Po Po), the children answer it and question their "grandmother" into why she came. Their mother sets off to visit their grandmother, of whom they call Po Po, leaving her three children behind. In this Red-Riding Hood variant from China, Young introduces the three main characters: Shang, Tao, and Paotze. Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China. Asian Pacific American Book Review: Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young