Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

A classic story for kids about outsmarting a wolf. My daughters are 3 and 6. The 3 year old just loves to be read to. The 6 year old loves this and said the wolf didn’t have to be bad, but he made a choice. And he’ll be ok because his heart can be put back together. It is a good fable like all the class stories and tales.

Got this for my son's fifth birthday a few weeks ago. It is a lovely version of the Little Red Riding Hood story from China. We love books that give our son a window into other cultures. He is a huge fan of wolf stories (Three Little Pigs, Wolves in the Walls) and ADORES this. However, if your child scares easily, you might think carefully, because it is a little dark, both in the color palette of the beautiful illustrations and the scary wolf who talks his way into the cottage. Also, the three girls names are Chinese and not the easiest to pronounce unless you have some familiarity with Chinese, so a pronunciation guide would have been kind, but even if you get the names wrong, a kid won't know and will love it!

Do you want to not get tricked and get kidnapped? In the fiction story "Lon Po Po," by Ed Young, we learn that if you know what your parents are doing you won't get tricked!In the story a mother is leaving her children alone, who are Shang, Tao, and Paotze. Wolf came by and pretended to be their grandma, PoPo. The setting is in and out of the house. Shang asked the wolf, "Have you tried a gingko nut?" the wolf said, "What is a gingko nut?" Shang explained and the wolf said, "My bones are weak." Then Shang said, "We will pick one for you." Will Shang and her sisters get rid of the wolf?The author wrote this book so you won't get kidnapped.I like this book because if you wan to know how to get rid of strangers you can read it.I would recommend this book to others because if you want strangers not to go to your house, read this book!If you don't want to get kidnapped, read this book.By: Lee

Great to compare and contrast with The Boy Who Cried Wolf. My students loved it!

Part Red-Riding Hood and part The Three Little Pigs with a Chinese twist. Three little girls are left at home while their mother goes to visit their grandmother on her birthday. The mother tells her daughters to latch the door once she leaves and not to let anyone in. An old wolf sees the mother leave and tries to trick the girls into letting him into their house. He tells them he is their grandmother and while the two younger girls belive him, the oldest one is wary. They let him in, but the oldest girl realizes he's a wolf and so she convinces her sisters and they come up with a plan to trick the wolf.I give it 4 out of 5 stars mostly for the artwork. Very beautiful pastels and realistic wolf, yet impressionistic at the same time. The story was an interesting version of the western tale of Little Red-Riding Hood, but it may be scary and/or sad to some children (technically the same could be said about the western Red-Riding Hood story).

Truly engaging story for students. It is a wonderful read aloud for students to analyze and make connections to similar books. The development of the central message is perfect for drawing students attention to the cultural influences depicted in the story. My students loved this story! Several meaningful lessons can be developed using this text.

Great story with beautiful illustrations to share with our kids. We like sharing different versions of stories.One problem with the printing: the whole story is printed twice in our copy (copyright page and all). Doesn't change a thing, but just strange.

This book was in excellent condition!

This was a great text to use with a class of Year 2 and 3 children. They absolutely loved it, and the story promoted lots of discussion, drama and writing.

I rate a book based on how much my five years old son enjoyed the story. He was not very interested but it was interesting to learn the different Chinese names. Story was just average.

good

Un conte chinois qui tient à la fois du "Petit Chaperon Rouge" et de "La chèvre et les biquets". Mes élèves de Moyenne Section ont bien aimé et ont très bien compris l'histoire.

We originally got this from the library and loved it so much I got it for my daughter for Christmas!