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[Coop and Dino singing]

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Lon Po Po is the Chinese version of the popular story Little Red Riding Hood. [Lon Po Po and Little Red Riding Hood books]

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Not to be confused with Yon Yo-Yo, the inspiring story of a child’s toy that’s determined

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not to let some silly ol’ string hold it back…

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In Little Red Riding Hood, there is only one child; in Lon Po Po, there are three. [Venn diagram of little red riding hood and lon po po stories]

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Otherwise, though, the two stories are pretty similar.

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In Lon Po Po, the illustrations are dark from the beginning to set the mood.

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This ain’t no tale about puppies and rainbows. [Puppies in a field with a rainbow in the sky]

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The story is told from the perspective of the three children…

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…using third person limited point of view…

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…where we find out what’s going on thanks to a trio of narrators who each give us a [A trio of female narrators]

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piece of the story.

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The author of this book is Ed Young, whose works are inspired by Chinese philosophy and calligraphy.

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Young has used that inspiration to write more than 80 books. [Coop teaching about Ed Young]

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Busy guy.

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Young grew up in Shanghai, China, and Hong Kong, and came to the United States to become [Plane flies from Hong Kong to USA]

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an architect.

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Instead, he found his love for art.

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He still got to be creative, but…he didn’t need to spend all that money on T-squares… [Ed Young buying art supplies]

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Young has taught art in a number of universities…

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…and has won two Caldecott Medals for his artwork. [Young holding two Caldecott medals]

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He continues to write today, and all of his books have beautiful artwork inspired by Chinese

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culture and language.

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There may be another author somewhere who has written more books with a strong Chinese influence…

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…but we don’t advise you Tibet on it… [Man sitting in a library]

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