Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century by several European folk tales, including one from Italy called "The False Grandmother" (), later written among others by Italo Calvino in the "Italian Folktales" collection; the best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The story has been changed considerably in various retellings and subjected to numerous modern adaptations and readings. Other names for the story are: ""Little Red Ridinghood"", ""Little Red Cap""
Rapunzel which she re-envisions sixteen of the "Grimm's Fairy tales". "Cress" the third book in the Lunar Chronicles is a young adult science fiction media of Rapunzel written by Marissa Meyer. Crescent, aka "Cress" is a prisoner on a satellite who is rescued and falls in love with her hero "Capt. Thorne" amidst the story about "Cinder" a cyborg version of Cinderella. Lunar Chronicles is a tetralogy with a futuristic take on classic fairytales which also include characters such as "Cinder" (Cinderella), "Scarlet" (Red Riding Hood) and "Winter" (Snow White). Kate Forsyth has written a book that contains both commentary on