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Award-winning author Ying Compestine reimagines the classic fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" from a Chinese perspective
By now, you have probably heard the old folk tale about a girl in a red cape.
The truth is that the story took place here in China, there wasnât a woodsman, and I, the gentle wolf, certainly was not the one who ate them.
Here is the real story.
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This is not the story you think you know. In this version of the classic fairy tale, Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall and trains in kung fu. When she ventures to her grandmotherâs to deliver rice cakes and herbal medicine, she encounters something much more fearsome than a wolfâa mighty dragon. With her wits and a sword in hand, Little Red must valiantly defend herself and her grandmother in this vibrant retelling from Ying Chang Compestine and Joy Ang.
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An authorâs note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology, symbolism, traditional medicine, and other elements of Compestineâs heritage.
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By now, you have probably heard the old folk tale about a girl in a red cape.
The truth is that the story took place here in China, there wasnât a woodsman, and I, the gentle wolf, certainly was not the one who ate them.
Here is the real story.
 Â
This is not the story you think you know. In this version of the classic fairy tale, Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall and trains in kung fu. When she ventures to her grandmotherâs to deliver rice cakes and herbal medicine, she encounters something much more fearsome than a wolfâa mighty dragon. With her wits and a sword in hand, Little Red must valiantly defend herself and her grandmother in this vibrant retelling from Ying Chang Compestine and Joy Ang.
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An authorâs note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology, symbolism, traditional medicine, and other elements of Compestineâs heritage.
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