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Lon Po Po

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Lon Po Po: A red-riding hood story from China by Ed Young, ill. New York: Philomel Books, 1989.

 

ISBN: 0399216197

Media: pastels and watercolor

 

The Chinese version of the three little pigs as translated by Ed Young.  Three children are left home alone as their mother leaves to see their grandmother.  A wolf tries to get the children by pretending to be their grandmother and ultimately the children outwit the wolf.

Literary Devices: sophisticated language and simile

Rating: 5Q/5P

 

 

Wess Garcia, July 2009

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