The illustrations in this book are magical. The storyline is so typically fairytale like with a gorgeously penned moral at the end. The twist to the original story is wonderful and I just love it so much.

This is what modern fairytales should be like. Not this silly mojo where everyone gets a happy ending.

The illustrations are so fantastically beautiful. I spent so long reading this book just cos I was enjoying all the extra creatures and the backgrounds and just how damn adorable that wolf in the red cape is.

And I truly adore this retelling. Every story has two sides. Brilliant moral basis. Brilliantly executed.

The magic exudes from this book while still seeming completely grounded and relevant. A fantastic read, even for an old grump like me. 138% will buy it if I see it in a store.

The Little Red Wolf, already forgetting the danger, made his way through the forest without a care in the world, slowly straying further and further away from the trail…

A beautifully-illustrated alternative version of the fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood – the author and illustrator notes that it is ‘loosely-inspired by’ Charles Perrault’s story.
In this story we meet a family of wolves and follow the youngest wolf, Little Red, as he sets off to bring a rabbit to his poorly grandmother. But the wonders of nature are too distracting and he wanders off the path. I loved the whimsical artwork showing his child-like wonder in the animals, plants and weather around him.
Little Red’s mother has warned him to stay away from humans, dreadful creatures he knows only from stories. Yet, when he gets lost, a kind little girl offers to help him out of his predicament….
This is a winner in many ways – beautiful, atmospheric illustrations and a number of twists to the original tale which would make for good discussion matter.
Some of the illustrations and discussions are quite dark so I would advise reading it in advance if you have a particularly sensitive child. However, I would use it in my Year 3 (Age 7-8) classroom alongside looking at lots of different versions of Little Red Riding Hood, an activity which causes children to become more analytical and critical of what they are reading – is any one version the only true version?

“Are you coming? The rabbits are inside!”
The little red wolf trembled, without knowing entirely why, but he listened to her and followed her into the somber home.

What I liked: Love, love, love the artwork – so effective in creating an atmosphere and really draws you into the story. I also like seeing more that has been translated from another language – more of this please publishers! I liked how we are given two versions of the song – from the point of view of the girl and the point of view of the wolves.

Even better if:  I would have liked to see the Little Red Wolf’s reaction to the two different versions of the story…and find out what happened to the hunter and his daughter!

How you could use it in your classroom: Discussing versions of fairytales – there are hundreds of Little Red Riding Hood. Why do stories like this exist in different versions all around the world? What is the same and what is different based on the version you know? What is the impact of the illustrations on the mood in the story?
My class have just spent some time looking at different versions of Little Red Riding Hood, before creating their own and it has been fascinating – I have seen them create some powerful drama, make passionate arguments and create effective, polished writing.

See this review on my blog, complete with pictures: https://chrikarublog.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/book-review-little-red-wolf (Live on 28th October 2017)

A beautiful new angle on an old tale. The art is absolutely gorgeous and the story itself, while told very simply, is dark and surprising.

Wow! This was so beautiful it took my breath away. The illustrations are calm but also thrilling. The story is cute but also serious. I need to own a copy of this...

It was great to read the story to my young one. Wonderful illustrations.......

Stunning illustrations, really beautiful, and a very sweet twist on the standard fairy tale

Wonderful retelling of Little Red Riding Hood with a twist to the story. Beautiful pictures, beautiful story.

2.5 The illustrations were charming, but the story felt unfinished and the big moment was utterly predictable. On the other hand, the book subject is too dark (there are dead wolves, eaten alive rabbits, blood and even murder) but I think that it tried too hard to be dark and didn't focus enough on the story. How did the wolf's father know where to search for him?

Even a little child aged 3 could predict some of the things that happened here. So, even if it was meant as a retelling of the well-known story, there are some really great things in that one that are left out here. Rather, this is an attempt into gothic storytelling, obviously meant to feel haunting and unfinished, but I dare say some more work on the plot would do it better.

ARC from NetGalley, thank you kindly.

This is only a very short book, so the review will be short too. It's based on the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood (as you may have guessed from the title). It's a beautifully illustrated novel, with a really sweet message about love and friendship between humans and animals.

It follows a similar story to the original fairytale, but where the child captures the little wolf while he is delivering a rabbit to his hungry old grandmother. The child sings a song, which is gorgeously illustrated by Fléchais, which tells the tale of a woman and man falling in love, but the man then losing his wife to wolves. This, she says, is why her and her father hunt and kill wolves - because they are evil beasts that bring nothing but pain.

The little red wolf's father comes to the rescue - without killing the girl or her father - and tells his son about the version of the song he knows - where the woman is friends with the wolves, weaving them capes (like the one the little red wolf wears) and the man accidentally shoots her himself. I found this to be really quite touching, and I really did like this interpretation of the fairytale.

I don't think the chapters were necessary for such a short book - they didn't mark the end of a "chapter" in any way for me, but just felt like they'd been randomly placed throughout the story.

Overall, this is definitely a lovely story for children to read, even if it is a little sad. The art was really lovely, and it told the story beautifully. 4 stars.

I love fairytale retellings and so this book immediately caught my eye on NetGalley. Its a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood but it focuses on a cute little wolf instead of Red. First of all, the artwork is absolutely stunning. In my opinion, everything about the art is perfection and I especially loved the colours that were used throughout. The story itself is very good, I really enjoyed it. I would definitely recommend this to both adults and kids and I would read more from Amélie Fléchais.

*I received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This beautifully illustrated book is a "twisted tales" version of Little Red Riding Hood (La Finta Nonna, in the Italian version as later recorded by Italo Calvino, and Le Petit Chaperon Rouge in the French version by Charles Perrault, cited as the inspiration for Amélie Fléchais' version). In this short picture book, it is a little red-hooded wolf who is tricked and trapped by the cruel daughter of a huntsman, rather than vice-versa. It is a rather macabre tale and I'm not sure that it is one that I would read to a young child, due to the revelation of the little girl's mother's accidental death in the story. Older children may have an appreciation for the role reversal of the classic fairy tale.

In a twist on the classic tale, Little Red Wolf is sent to bring a fat, juicy rabbit to his grandmother's house, but loses his way only to run into a golden haired little girl...

The illustrations are BEAUTIFUL. I think this is supposed to be a children's book, but it's pretty dark and there are some borderline gorey parts. I would not read this to my 3 year old because it would give him nightmares for sure, but I'd definitely thrust a copy into the hands of my fairy-tale minded friends. The song the little girl sings is ... strange ... and the ending of the story is very abrupt. Based on the story alone I'd probably give this only 3 stars, but the illustrations are so very gorgeous and intricate that I want to give it 5, so I'm settling on averaging my rating out to 4 stars.

An absolutely gorgeous book with an interesting reversal of the classic tale, with multiple little twists throughout the story.

This is an alternate version of Little Red Riding Hood A little wolf in a red cape with a hood is taking a rabbit to his grandmother. He loses his way and is found by a little girl. The tale unfolds with all the flavor of the original. Not only is this new version delightful, but the artwork s absolutely stellar. I love the artwork.

Fractured fairy tales are some of my favorite things and I'm all about graphic novels, so I was super stoked about this book. And at first I loved it. The wolf is cute. Even the bunny he's eating is cute. And I loved his justification for eating the rabbit he's meant to be taking to his grandma. Once he goes to the woodcutter's house, though, my affections waned. It's not just that it gets visibly and thematically dark. It's that it becomes increasingly complex and reliant on a sort of mythology that I didn't always get. Better for middle graders who are better equipped to understand a more complex morality.

The illustrations in this book are enchanting as well as artistic.
The story is perfectly written. The only reason I gave this book 4 stars rather than 5 is that I found the font to be a bit too small, but the writing and the gorgeous illustrations more than make up for that small flaw.

This tale about a young wolf who wears a red cape, just like Little Red Riding Hood, is quite dark & macabre, but gorgeous nonetheless. The illustrations are stunning & truly make the whole story. Recommend for older children, as it might be a tad scary for smaller ones. Great for teens & adults as well!