224 – Fireside Fairy Tale: Grimm’s Little Red Riding Hood
Join me on a pleasantly mild winter evening to toast a marshmallow and share my translation of “Rödkappchen,” or “Little Red Cap,” the German version of Little Red Riding Hood as collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Kinder- und Hausmärchen,...
The Children's Literature Podcast
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Show Notes
Join me on a pleasantly mild winter evening to toast a marshmallow and share my translation of “Rödkappchen,” or “Little Red Cap,” the German version of Little Red Riding Hood as collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Kinder- und Hausmärchen, their 1812 collection of fairy tales.
This version is interesting because it has an alternate ending, in which you learn not to mess with a German grandma.
You can also get the commentary-free version of this tale on my storytelling channel: