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From Rapunzel to The Little Red Riding Hood, Beloved Children's Classics as Minimalist Posters. By Maria Popova Visual hyper-distillation of iconic storytelling. As a lover of children’s books, especially classic ones with timeless wisdom for grown-ups, and an admirer of minimalist posters that distill complex stories or ideas in clean graphic elements, I am infinitely delighted by these hyper-minimalist takes on beloved children’s classics by designer Christian Jackson.

Positively the most delightful children’s classic remix since The Little Red Riding Hood infographic animation. via Quipsologies Donating = Loving Bringing you (ad-free) Brain Pickings takes hundreds of hours each month. You can also become a one-time patron with a single donation in any amount: Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter.

Share on Tumblr. Red Ridin' in the Hood: and Other Cuentos (9780374362416): Patricia Santos Marcantonio, Renato Alarcão. From Rapunzel to The Little Red Riding Hood, Beloved Children's Classics as Minimalist Posters. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, by Charles Perrault, et al. Perrault's Fairy Tales. By Charles Perrault'sIllustrated by Gustave DoreContent Sleeping Beauty Blue Beard The Master Cat or Puss in Boots The Fairies Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper Ricky of the Tuft Donkey skin Little Tom Thumb In the wood Little Red Riding Hood met the old Father Wolf there was a little village girl, the prettiest that had ever been seen.

Her mother doted on her. Her grandmother was even fonder, and made her a little red hood, which became her so well that everywhere she went by the name of Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother, who had just made and baked some cakes, said to her: “Go and see how your grandmother is, for I have been told that she is ill. Take her a dake and this little pot of butter. " Little Red Riding Hood set off at once for the house of her grandmother, who lived in another village. On her way through a wood she met old Father Wolf.