A gorgeous, lush retelling of Red Riding Hood. This is the tale of a little wolf who sets out to take a rabbit to his ailing granny. Distracted by the wonders of the forest, and by his rumbling belly, he falls upon mischance. I loved how the artwork captured mood. This story is fearsome enough for adult readers but still gentle enough for younger ones. At its heart, this story teaches readers that appearances can be deceiving. Thank you to Netgalley and Diamond for the pleasure of reading this ARC.

Cute, cute, cute! This is a high recommend for friends with kids who are looking for a variant on the typical. Such a sad yet adorable story.

3.5 stars

The Little Red Wolf, as you may have guessed from the cover, is a classic fairytale retelling with a twist. In the traditional story Little Red Riding Hood is a human girl who sets off through the forest to deliver a basket of food to her sick granny. Albeit in this version a wolf cub, Little Red Wolf, sets off through the forest to deliver a meal to his old grandma. In both stories the child, human and wolf alike, is warned to stay on the path and to avoid strangers. Red Riding Hood's mother warns her of wolves, while Red Wolf's mother warns him of the hunter and his daughter. And in each, neither child obeys and must learn their lesson the hard way.

Both the traditional version and this retelling are dark and each is told from a different perspective, good vs bad; though that's not the only dissimilarity as readers will see. I thought the concept of this twisted fairytale was done quite cleverly at first, but in some ways it fell short for me. It's difficult to say in what ways exactly without giving away the story; however, I can say it was because a couple of points seemed rushed or simply didn't make any sense. Like, how'd we get here from there?

The illustrations, which were numerous, were simply gorgeous. You could sit and stare at each page for several moments just taking in all the brilliant details. And I must say, they really helped to give this story an edgy feel that kept it classic despite being a completely reworked retelling.

Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing an early review copy.

Little Red Wolf is a very touching story spun off the little red riding hood. In this tale, the protagonist is a wolf pup who is always dressed in red. When he is asked to deliver a rabbit to his old grandmother, he wanders off the trail and meets a human girl.

The story does a different take on the fairy tale and makes us empathize with the wild animals. I liked the message. The ending was deep and unexpected. The art is brilliant. It made me feel as if I was in a beautiful forest. Highly recommended!

What would have happened if Little Red Riding hood had been a little wolf, and the bad guy in the story were a little girl?

I love retold fairy tales, and I especially love ones where the concept is turned on its head, so you can see the story from a different point of view.

In this story, the little wolf is innocent, and the bad person of the daughter of the evil hunter, who wants nothing more than to kill all wolves.

And this totally works, and you find yourself rooting for the little wolf to be saved.

Great book to show kids a different take on classic fairy tales.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Such gorgeous illustrations! This little story has actually been published in French in 2014 and is now translated to English so more of us can enjoy it. As the title already hints, The Little Red Wolf is a wonderful retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood and told from the POV of a little wolf cub. The adorable and highly detailed drawings will appeal to young readers and parents alike and will bring a joyful experience discovering all the little details on each page. A little warning though, because this story is both whimsical and tragical at the same time and more sensitive children might not appreciate especially the second part of this picture book. I would personally recommend it for the age of six and up because of that. The Little Red Wolf has a mix of pages with just illustrations and others with more text, but I liked the balance between the two and the pages without text can be used perfectly to interact with young children. The moral of the story is a strong one as well: to show that things can easily be misinterpreted with terrible consequences... Hence the darker and tragic part of the story and a little warning to evaluate beforehand if your child could be affected negatively by that. That said, I personally absolutely loved this little picture book and its wonderful illustrations.

This was a really cute short story and the art was absolutely gorgeous. The little wolf was adorable and I like the idea of a version of Red Riding Hood where the wolves are the good guys. The only problem I had was that I think the ending is just a little bit too abrupt and could probably have benefited from adding maybe 10 or even 5 more pages. But it's still a really cute book that I would definitely recommend for younger children.

This started brilliantly, but paled in unfortunate ways. The artwork sustained its inventive and pleasurable manner - many pages really are for poring over here - but the story? Less so. It starts wonderfully with the little wolf scared of Red Riding Hood, but tasked with crossing the forest to HIS grandmother wolf. Unfortunately, once nastiness comes upon the pages it goes downhill, to such an extent it even loses sight of an ending. Yes, it has a poignancy to the last, but one that's forsaken the young audience such a picture book deserves, and one that wasn't what I was after.

Before you think highly of me, I did not read this in french. In English it is called "The Little Red Wolf" and it's a take on Little Red Riding Hood by Amélie Fléchais.

The little wolf has an old grandmother through the woods, and he is tasked with bringing her a bunny to eat. When Wolf finds himself lost and has eaten the bunny, he is scared of being in trouble. A little girl comes and offers to help Wolf get another bunny.

There is a story the girl sings, about a woman and the village guard who falls in love with her. I would say this is more a storybook than a graphic novel. While the artwork is beautiful, you should read it first before reading it to your child.

This is a beautiful and haunting retelling of Little Red Riding Hood from the wolf POV. The illustrations are perfection in a melancholy and gloomy sort of way. Without doubt, they are perfectly suited to this version of the story. It does seem rather dark so I wouldn't personally recommend for pre-K children unless you know your child can handle that aspect.

Very beautiful pictures & highly detailed drawings, but I wouldn't recommend this book for children, the story is dark and sad.
I was provided an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The illustrations were GORGEOUS and the story was thought-provoking and well-paced.

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First of all, the art in this is completely gorgeous, it's got a very unique style to and I loved it. I would probably buy a print of a few of the scenes. And I also loved the little wolf - he's adorable and so naive but in such a sweet way. It's definitely a fantastic twist on the classic Little Red Riding hood tale, which I need to read more of considering how much I love wolves.

Will probably end up picking up a copy of this for myself because it's adorable and the art is so good. It's too short, for my liking, but that is always always the case with graphic novels, they go by so fast.

To sum up: incredible art, adorable story (with an adorable tiny wolf), and check it out if you're into flipped Little Red Riding Hood stories.

Usually I'm not so into these kinds of adaptations, since it bothers me that I know the plot. I'm not so into fairy tales either. The Little Red Wolf was a refreshing exception! It actually renews the whole story of the Red Riding Hood and adds new things to it. Not only that but it's cute, melancholic and depressing at the same time. The little wolf is supposed to take the rabbit to his grandma, avoid nasty humans and only follow the trail. All of which he doesn't do and of course a girl and her hunter daddy capture him. It's a heart breaking story what happened with the family and how the mother died. It's actually surprising, since truth has so many faces depending on who's telling it and which side of the face you're showing. The only thing that bothered me was how the little wolf was saved, since we never see it. This felt kind of lazy, really. The comic is from the little wolf's point of view so of course he only sees the hood on top of his cage, but somehow it was just too convenient. There's no action of any sort and it makes this feels slightly cheap.

The art is beautiful and sad in a way. The colors are vibrant and deep, which resonate well with the atmosphere. I don't know if this is really a comic or an adult's picture book, since structure-wise this is a combination and not really clear on what it wants to be. Oddly enough it's not a bad thing, since it works and perhaps this get more readers so. Perhaps I'd say this is an art piece more than anything else and enjoyable. The pictures would look awesome on my wall. On anyone's wall.

Beautiful artwork in this children's book. A retelling on a classic.

I'd give it a 4.5 outta 5! A reverse-telling with some re-imagination of the Little Red Riding Hood story. The artwork was brilliant, really capturing that deep mysterious forest feeling and the transition into areas inhabited by humans and even the different styles used to display a character's interpretation of events. It is suitable for all ages and there are only a few slight things I can really fault the story on:
1) The song in the book doesn't rhyme (probably due to translation into English) and so it reads as narration, it feels off that they call it a song is all.
2) Deus ex machina.

But overall I would highly recommend it, mainly for young readers, but adults can enjoy it too.

The Red Little Wolf is a story inspired from Little Red Riding Hood except in this story, the wolves are the main characters.

This story was very short and adorable. I really liked it but the ending somehow didn’t feel right, like something was missing…
The artwork was incredible, it was seriously so beautiful.
I’d definitely buy this book for a kid, maybe just the original version considering I’m french and all…...

Such a cute little story! I was attracted by the title and the style of the drawings, so tiny and so pure. The fact that the little wolf was "the good one" and the humans were "the bad ones" is a good start to pique your interest in this retelling of the old tale; then the beautiful drawings hook you into it (make sure to pay attention to every little detail! I'll reread for that) and then, without spoilers, THAT ENDING.

Not sure if I'd let little kids around this book but it's a perfect little gift for any adult wanting to rereach their infant self.

I really loved the artwork in this book and the way the story was told - sweet but also a bit creepy. I would definitely recommend this to a middle grade group rather than young children.

A unique, amazingly designed, and beautifully drawn take on the old fairytale. [IT'S SO GOOOOOOOD]

First off, this is definitely not something I'd recommend for small children, unless they're into gothic fairytales, grim descriptions of dead wolves, and are ready to understand a story about insanity and bloodlust. But hey, anybody who's ready for all that is in for a treat as this graphic novel offers stunnign art with designs that reminded most of American McGee's Grimm and the works of Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Song of The Sea). Every single page is eye-catching and the book is just a visual feast owing to both distinctive and simple character designs and the intricately detailed backgrounds.

The story is simple but effective, a haunting retelling of The Little Red Riding Hood with the cute little wolf as the protagonist, a hungry, carefree cub who is on the way to his old grandma to bring her some rabbits. As he is sidetracked by forest fauna, he gets lost in the dead part of the forest, where a terrible hunter and his daughter live. Some backstory is revealed, genuinely creepy moments occur, an obligatory dark twist happens, and then it's over. The book is really quite short and will leave you wanting more, but it's not difficult to spend several hours with it, just ogling the pages and pondering how much love and talent went into each of them. The way Flechais manages to make the cute little girl look menacing without outright showing her doing anything evil is quite brilliant and the different techniques that she uses to depict wolves are all greatly effective and distinctive. Honestly, this is the kind of book that gave children's literature the reputation of visually beautiful tomes.

If you enjoy fairytales, graphic novels, or even simply beautiful art - read this. It's great and it's a feast for your eyes.