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Five Stars!

This was a pretty dark but cute story that I was shocked about having such dark intones towards the end of the story. It's pretty much the reverse version of Little Red Riding Hood with the Wolf being Little Red  and the humans being the villains of the story per se. The little wolf gets lost in the woods while trying to go to his grandma's house to deliver a rabbit to her. He meets a girl that he though was his friend but it was trap set for her father. Her father hunts wolves for living in order to get revenge for his wife but  you found out the shocking twist at the end of the story. The artwork of this story was absolutely gorgeous with the colors going from light to dark as the story got darker. I do consider this a children's book but with darker intones that should be discussed with the children at the  end of the story.

I'm not sure that I would call this a graphic novel so much as a morbidly adorable children's book! The Little Red Wolf is, as you may have guessed from the cover, a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood - except, in this story, the little wolf is visiting his grandmother, when a wicked little girl tricks him!

This book was precious, and I loved the artwork so much. It was incredibly unique and would make a great "coffee table book" - you know, the sorts of books that are so pretty you just leave them out to look at them? (No? Just me? Hm...) I would totally buy a hard copy of this to read to my son as a bedtime story, honestly, because even though it does have a little morbidity to it, it isn't scary at all and I think most kids would really enjoy it!

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I once saw a play with a friend of mine. A French play, Orelia's something-or-other, can't remember the full title. In it were surreal snippets. For example, a woman in curlers and a bathrobe carrying a baby doll and a cigarette. She lights the cigarette and puts it in the "baby's" mouth and takes a bottle from her robe pocket and starts to suck on it. Another scene where she is praising a mouse for catching and killing a cat. Very surreal, backwards stuff. I leaned over to my friend and whispered, "I'm not French enough for this play." She responded, "Me neither!" and she is 50% French.

That is the feeling I had upon finishing this book. I am not French enough to understand or appreciate it. Not a slight on the French, a slight on my inability to mold my mind to think as others think.

But this was really dark and twisted. Complete with dead bunnies, crazy (or is he) huntsman and two sides to the same story being passed down from generation to generation.

The artwork was STUNNING. That is why this book is getting 2 stars. The story? REAAAALLY messed up and not something I would personally choose to read to a child before bedtime, unless I wanted the child to have nightmares. I would definitely recommend at least looking at the artwork. It is so beautiful.

I KNOW I read this wrong. It was a translated into English version that I read, but I don't think that hurt my understanding of it. I'm just not the best audience for this version of "Little Red Riding Hood".

This is a beautiful book!

(instagram photo of book pictures, see link below)

I am, however, confused by it's audience - is this a children's book? This seems very scary to me for children, especially for children of the age for picture books. (I am by no means a PC kind of person, but I think my kids would be upset by the cute little rabbits being eaten piece by piece and by some of the other images here.) That being said, it is clever and beautiful and very nicely done. If I knew exactly the audience, I believe my rating would be higher. Anyone able to fill me in? Or show me the error of my ways?

(A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher.)

First of all, the art in here is magnificent! I'm absolutely in love. It's enchanting & gives such a wonderful magical vibe to the whole story!

And what a lovely story it is! It's a retelling of "The Little Red Riding Hood" only here it's the wolf who wears the red cape. And that's not the only twist the story offers. It's a book for kids and those usually try to teach the readers something. And what we learn here is that not everything is what it seems. But it's not simply that the human - wolf roles are reserved. We see how anybody can become a monster with terrible enough circumstances. I would take it to mean that we need to be very careful about our choices & try hard to keep on the side of good. Which seems like a great lesson for kids.

The art in The Little Red Wolf is deliciously lush! I'm not sure I will purchase it for my library, however. The book is really more a picture book than a graphic novel, despite being published by a graphic novel company, so the question of where it is shelved is one that confuses our cataloger immensely. I would be inclined to catalog it in the juvenile fiction category, but it's remarkably dark for a children's book, so I'm not sure it is a perfect fit there, despite being part of the Cub House imprint. Again, this book is just gorgeous, I'm simply not sure what the actual intended audience is.

What a BEAUTIFUL book! Its maybe a bit disturbing for the really young kids, but older children, tweens and up, will enjoy the play on a familiar fairy tale. These are some of the most beautiful illustrations I've ever seen in a picture book. I believe they are watercolors, where some of the scene is in a wash-type, and others are very detailed. The emotions are portrayed vividly, and its easy to feel empathy for all the characters. This is a good book to discuss with children the nature of "evil" and how so much can be based on one's own perspective. The Rashomon type story is compelling and gives a lot of room for thought. Excellent book! and Highly Recommended!

Le Petit Loup Rouge ( The Little Red Wolf) by Amélie Fléchais is a re-telling of the classic The Little Red Riding Hood. Only in this iteration the wolf is the protagonist.

My first introduction to these kind of fractured fairy tales was actually through Jon Scieszka and his True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. These stories are obviously intended for children, but they had a huge impact when I read them as a child as it never occurred to me that the "evil" side had a story to tell as well.

Le Petit Loup Rouge's intended audience is more YA and adult. The story is darker, and the imagery scary but whimsical at the the same time. This is accomplished through Amélie Fléchais' exceptional art. This is the main selling point of this book. The art is gorgeous and worth the price of the book alone. I wouldn't mind framing some of it, and displaying it around my house. The story is simple -- the little wolf just wants to visit his grandmother, but the ending, while it feels abrupt, is haunting.

I loved this book, and recommend it wholeheartedly.

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In questa breve favola un piccolo lupo dal cappuccetto rosso prende il posto della fanciulla dei Grimm, e una ragazzina sostituisce la belva acquattata nel bosco in attesa della vittima.
Ma non si tratta semplicemente di uno scambio di ruoli: The little red wolf presenta degli elementi di novità rispetto alla favola originale che fanno molto riflettere.
Il piccolo lupetto si comporta proprio come un bambino durante il suo viaggio verso la casa della nonna, e ciò rende ancora più palese il fatto che sia una vittima dell'odio del tutto innocente.

Il padre della fanciulla, che ha fatto della caccia ai lupi la ragione della propria vita, sa infatti benissimo come sono andate le cose la notte che ha cambiato irrimediabilmente la sua esistenza. Tuttavia, non accettando la realtà e le proprie responsabilità, rivolge l'odio che prova nei confronti di se stesso, verso degli animali che non hanno colpa. Escludendo, tra l'altro, la possibilità di una convivenza pacifica e serena che sa essere possibile.
Ed è qui che l'essere umano diventa bestia. Non a causa del suo aspetto o dei suoi istinti, ma delle proprie azioni.
Ciò che è peggio, e credo sia uno dei messaggi più potenti della storia, è che l'uomo educa la sua stessa bambina all'odio, un odio ancora più profondo e radicato, visto che la piccola si fida ciecamente del genitore, e sposa in pieno la sua causa.
Ne viene fuori un ritratto dell'essere umano piuttosto amaro, ma che ci fa anche comprendere quanto sia fragile, e come la verità possa avere tante versioni quante sono le bocche che la raccontano.

Per quanto riguarda il disegno, ho adorato tutte le tavole della favola. L'autrice fa un uso molto sapiente dei colori, e con pochi tratti sa rendere il lupetto tenerissimo e qualche volta divertente.
Mi è piaciuta soprattutto la resa dell'acqua e dei boschi.

The little red wolf è una favola bellissima che può aiutare i "grandi" ad affrontare con delicatezza temi molto importanti con i più piccoli, in primis far comprendere loro quanto male possa fare l'odio, sempre.

This story was adorable and I loved it!!!! A fantastic dual perspective of the little red riding hood story.

This story is loosely based on "Little Red Riding Hood", only here we have a little wolf in a red cape as the main character. He is sent to bring food to his grandmother because she is old and cannot hunt for herself anymore. Then follows a typical story of a child being typically careless and not heeding advice, but also of selfishness and danger.

The ending had a very nice twist to it and made this story truly be about the monsters we think we see and the monsters we can become ourselves. And it's about appearances and being careful.

I think the main attraction here is the art. It's not 100% to my taste but it's kinda cute and I liked the details of the forest as well as the colour combination. It also has a good combination of round and sharp edges, highlighting certain elements.

A nice and modern twist on an old and very good fairytale, maybe making the story more accessible to some young readers nowadays.

The Little Red Wolf (ebook)
by Amélie Fléchais
Another book to look into the fractured stories of Little red riding hood. Like other attempts of changing things to the wolf's point of view, this book is a play on seeing things from another perspective. That the innocent little girl may not be as uniquely innocent as believed from the original story and that the wolf had a different reason and purpose for going to his grandmothers house. The pictures are cute, and the story adaptation is one teachers can use in the classroom to help change perspective.

The Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais is full of gorgeous glowy art. The details are incredibly complex and every page has little things to discover, from tiny mice in an underground cave to the fabric patterns on the father's cloak. The story itself is a lesson in looking at a story from both sides and hearing everyone's view point. It is effectively taught but better for an older child.

A beautiful retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Raw, sad, and enchanting!

The art is simply beautiful and the little red wolf is adorable. This is the story of a little wolf sent to deliver a rabbit. It turns into a bit of an adventure that I am not sure is really for children. It is a tale of families and opposing sides of a single story. Four stars because the ending felt a little abrupt but I love the transformation of the story most are familiar with into this dark and beautiful book.

What can I say about this? I've never been a fan of retellings but this one, oh my, was wonderful!
The plot, the storyline, the events were great.
It is about the story of a family of wolves living in the roots of a tree, their little one is always wearing a red cap so he's called "Little Red Wolf". When his mum sends him to his granny to deliver a little rabbit, she doesn't forget to warn him to be careful not to talk to any human under any condition, especially the huntsman and his little daughter. Through his journey, the Little Red Wolf starts to feel hungry so he decides to eat only the rabbit's feet, but little by little, he ate all of it and when he realised what he's done, he started to cry, that's when a sweet little girl appeared. What's gonna happen?

The illustrations, those were my favorites! All done in dark watercolor painting, it was something mysterious and wonderful to look at.

Absolutely gorgeous illustrations are the best part of this spin on Little Red Riding Hood. The story initially reminded me a little of Beatrix Potter, whose animal characters regard humans as a nuisance at the least and as a menace at the worst. The ending was a trifle deus ex machina for me, but the moral was especially resounding.

Wonderful new take on the famous Red Riding Hood story. The artwork was fantastic and the little wolf adorable. I very much enjoyed reading it. Shows wonderfully how a situation can be misinterpreted by humans.

In a classic switch, or perhaps better said a reversal of roles, the Little Red Wolf is actually Little Red Riding Hood, and humans are the wolves. He’s charged with taking a rabbit to his toothless grandmother, but of course gets distracted. Not only does he get lost, he eats grandma’s dinner. A human girl finds him and leads him out of the woods, but not all is as it seems. Like most wars, each side has their own version of the truth.
The story is intriguing, but the overly stylized artwork—all lines and sharp angles, maybe a Navaho influence—is strange enough to distract from the story.

I am drawn to retellings of familiar stories, so I was immediately drawn to read this one. There is much to like about this story, and I adored the beautiful art that accompanied it. The messages of fear and intolerance are important, but I'm not sure if the abrupt ending of the story does justice to these themes.