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A review by 5tami8
Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf by Trisha Speed Shaskan
2.0
I am a little muddled about this story--mostly because I think the story itself doesn't know exactly what it is trying to be. The title indicates a variation on the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hoodbut it's not a variation at all.
All of the elements, the characters and the plot progression of the original story remain the same. The differences are:(1) it is told from the perspective of the Big Bad Wolf; and (2) the Wolf claims the reason everything happened the way it did is because he was hungry and Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother reminded him of apples.
The two things that Ms Shaskan does do well is: (1)collaborate with illustrator Gerald Guerlais whose broad, rich reds, greens & browns save a blasé text with their smart and witty characterizations; and (2)include her sidebar Think About It at the conclusion, encouraging young readers to recreate those well-known and loved stories they have heard over and over again.
For this reason I might think about using it in a classroom discussing plot or character structure, setting, point of view, etc. As a stand-alone read, however, it does not have much to recommend it. If the fractured fairy tale from another character's point of view is really what you are looking for your best bet remains Jon Szieska's The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood.
All of the elements, the characters and the plot progression of the original story remain the same. The differences are:(1) it is told from the perspective of the Big Bad Wolf; and (2) the Wolf claims the reason everything happened the way it did is because he was hungry and Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother reminded him of apples.
The two things that Ms Shaskan does do well is: (1)collaborate with illustrator Gerald Guerlais whose broad, rich reds, greens & browns save a blasé text with their smart and witty characterizations; and (2)include her sidebar Think About It at the conclusion, encouraging young readers to recreate those well-known and loved stories they have heard over and over again.
For this reason I might think about using it in a classroom discussing plot or character structure, setting, point of view, etc. As a stand-alone read, however, it does not have much to recommend it. If the fractured fairy tale from another character's point of view is really what you are looking for your best bet remains Jon Szieska's The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood.