“Red Riding Hood.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, Chisholm, Louey, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 1-5.
Tale Summary
There once was a young girl who lived in a pretty cottage at the edge of the forest with her father, a woodsman, and her mother, who stayed at home and tended to the cow and the food. On the other side of the wood was another pretty cottage, where the girl’s grandmother lived; she gave her granddaughter many gifts, including a little red hood, which is how the girl came to be known as Little Red Riding Hood. One day after breakfast, Little Red’s mother gave her a basket holding a cake, butter, and six eggs which the girl had found that morning, and instructed her to bring it to her grandmother, who had been ill. She advised her not to run, as she would break the eggs, but that she also must not loiter. There were many things to listen to and see in the woods, and Little Red decides to wander from the path to pick some wildflowers for her grandmother. When a wolf greets her, she is naively unafraid, and answers straightaway where she is headed towards. The wolf hurries onwards to the grandmother’s house, where he gobbles her up whole, and settles into bed to wait for the girl. When Little Red arrives, she remarks what big ears, eyes, nose, and teeth her grandmother has, not realizing it is a trick. The wolf lunges to eat her just like her grandmother, but at that moment, the girl’s father comes through the door with his axe and saves her by chopping off the creature’s head. Little red returns to her cottage and lives happily ever after with her parents.
Fairy Tale Title
Red Riding Hood
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Louey Chisholm
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
Katharine Cameron
Common Tale Type
Little Red Riding Hood
Tale Classification
ATU 333
Page Range of Tale
pp. 1-5
Full Citation of Tale
“Red Riding Hood.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, Chisholm, Louey, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 1-5.
Original Source of the Tale
Charles Perrault
Tale Notes
This story is more detailed than other versions and describes more of Little Red's background. It is also different in that her father is the woodsman when in other tellings, her father is not present, and the woodsman is a stranger. When he kills the wolf, also, he does not save the grandmother, as in other versions, and Little Red is saved before she is eaten.
Research and Curation
Kaeli Waggener, 2022
Book Title
In Fairyland: Tales Told Again
Book Author/Editor(s)
Louey Chisholm
Illustrator(s)
Katharine Cameron
Publisher
T. C. & E. C. Jack and G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
1904
Decade Published
1900-1909
Publisher City
London
New York
Publisher Country
United Kingdom
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Available at the CU Digital Library
Book Notes
This book contains a preface that introduces a framing narrative, however, the narrative is never addressed again throughout the book. Through the preface, in which a young girl named Sunflower speaks with her mother, we discover that the tales contained within this book are targeted towards children. Sunflower praises her mother’s storytelling because she “leave[s] out all the not interesting bits you know and make me understand what the story is all about.”