Second graders have been listening to some Little Red Riding Hood tales from around the world.  We started with  Trina Schart Hyman's classic retelling, and most students were familiar with the events in this one.  Next we traveled to Ghana in West Africa and read Pretty Salma by Niki Daly, and then we read Lon Po Po by Ed Young, which is a Red Riding Hood tale from China.  The students were great at picking out details that were similar across the stories and also the differences.  They even created a Venn Diagrams to chart out the similarities and differences.  Finally we read a silly story called The Cat, The Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf and Grandma by Diane and Christyan Fox.  This story was hysterical and a nice way to end the unit.