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This edition presents Charles Perrault’s version of the folk tale _Petite chaperon rouge_, the foundational text that inspired the Grimm Brothers’ German retelling, _Rotkäppchen_. The story has been widely translated into English under the title Little Red Riding Hood. A simple, evocative narrative follows a little girl who, while walking to her grandmother’s house, encounters a hungry wolf in the forest.
First publish date: 1945
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Charles Perrault
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