Little Red Riding Hood: Criss Cross

After reading Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney, use this printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle. All clues relate to the content of the story.

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Across

  • 2. He gobbled the grandmother down whole.
  • 4. Little Red _____ Hood.
  • 6. The girl carried a _____ full of food for her grandmother.
  • 9. He saved the girl and her grandmother from the wolf’s belly.

Down

  • 1. The girl’s _____ told her to go straight to her grandmother’s house and not to stop on the way.
  • 3. The wolf dressed in Grandma’s hat and ____.”
  • 5. “What big _____ you have.” “The better to hear you with.”
  • 7. The mother sent food because the grandmother was _____.
  • 8. “What big teeth you have.” The better to _____ you with!”
  • 10. “What big _____ you have.” “The better to see you with.”

Word Bank

riding
wolf
woodcutter
basket
mother
eyes
ears
eat
nightgown
sick