Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Encyclopedia
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China is a children's
picture book
written and illustrated by Ed Young
. Published in 1989, the book is a version of the Little Red Riding Hood
fairy tale. Young won the 1990 Caldecott Medal
for his illustrations.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
picture book
Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
written and illustrated by Ed Young
Ed Young (illustrator)
Ed Young is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author of picture books.-Biography:...
. Published in 1989, the book is a version of the Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings....
fairy tale. Young won the 1990 Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for his illustrations.