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Cloaked in Red
Cloaked in Red
Author: Vivian Vande Velde
So you think you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl with the unfortunate name and the inability to tell the difference between her grandmother and a member of a different species? Well, then, try your hand at answering these questions: Which character (not including Little Red herself) is the most fashion challenged? Who (not inc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780545451888
ISBN-10: 0545451884
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 127
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3.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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I picked up this book as part of the Fairy Tales Retold Challenge I participated in this year. It was okay. This is a series of eight stories that are rewrites of Little Red Riding Hood. The stories are fairly short and simple. A couple of them were very creative and I enjoyed them. I actually enjoyed the humorous foreword more than the majority of the book.

The writing style is very simple and straightforward; there isn't a lot of description or poetry here. The stories aren't really edgy or anything. You see a list of the stories included below along with a quick synopsis. My favorites were Little Red Riding Hoods Family, Deems the Wood Gatherer, and Little Red Riding Hoods Little Red Riding Hood

Overall this was an okay book. Its a quick read but definitely not the best collection of fairy tale retellings out there. I would only recommend if you are a diehard fan of Red Riding Hood retellings, because there are a couple interesting ones here.

The Red Cloak
The woodcutter finds out that the wolf isnt the dangerous one in this story.

The Red Riding Hood Doll
A lonely seamstress makes herself a daughter out of a red cloak only to find that daughters are more trouble than they are worth.

Little Red Riding Hoods Family
A very fun story about immature parents, a Red Riding Hood with magical gifts, and a granny who is the wolf.

Granny and the Wolf
Granny befriends a wolf and they both hide from the over amorous woodcutter.

Deems the Wood Gatherer
This wood gatherer goes in and out of fairy tales leaving a path of unintentional destruction. This was a very cute story and funny.

Why Willy and His Brother Wont Ever Amount to Anything
A couple of no good color blind brothers think everything is a wolf. This was probably my least favorite story of the collection.

The Little Red Headache:
A wolf determined to return Reds basket gets a headache.


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