Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf (The Other Side of the Story)

Shaskan, Trisha Speed

ISBN 10: 1404866736 ISBN 13: 9781404866737

Publisher: Picture Window Books, 2011

Synopsis

In this fractured fairy tale for ages 4–8, the Big Bad Wolf asks readers to understand <i>his</i><i> </i>side of the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

You think you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood? THINK AGAIN! This retelling of the classic story, told from the wolf's perspective, offers up a fresh spin on this famous tale. Was the wolf just really hungry for apples? Was Little Red Riding Hood rotten? This fun fractured tale will leave readers with a whole new understanding of the classic story.

This picture book features:

• a fun, funny retelling of a beloved fairy tale
• vibrant, engaging illustrations
• critical thinking questions that support learning about point of view

 

About the Other Side of the Story series
Was Cinderella annoyingly chatty? Was the Big Bad Wolf a victim of circumstance? Just because these classic stories are usually told from the hero’s point of view doesn't mean the villains don't have their side of the story too. In the Other Side of the Story series, readers are encouraged to consider multiple perspectives before making up their minds about what really happened!

About this title

About the Author

Trisha Speed Shaskan was born and raised in Winona, Minnesota, where she waterskied on the Mississippi River, played basketball, and skateboarded. She has written more than forty books for children and taught creative writing to children and teens. Trisha received a 2012 Minnesota State Artist’s Initiative Grant. She won the 2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Stephen Shaskan, who is a children’s book author and illustrator.

Born in 1974 in Nantes, France, Gerald grew up in nine different cities around the land of cheese. He graduated from the National School of Applied Art (also called Olivier de Serres) in 1998. Gerald's creativity blossomed at a web design company, an event studio, a video-games studio, and then several animations studios. Aside from illustration, Gerald has many other interests, including managing the French Comics Artists association "Rendez-Vous" (which published its first book at Akileos publishing in 2009), or co-leading with the Japanese Artist Daisuke Tsutsumi the artistic and charity project "Sketchtravel," a real sketchbook shared by 70 illustrators from all around the world.

Review

Overall this is a very funny book, that is engaging to the young audience that it is aimed at. My two daughters, aged 2 and 7 years, both enjoyed this book so much I have had to read it to them every night. My 7 year old said that she found the story ve --World of Book Reviews blog

Fractured fairy tales tend to pop up in third or fourth grade curricula, and one strategy for students is to retell a classic story from the point of view of another character, particularly the villain. This title, part of a new Capstone series, provides --LibraryThing.com

I love reading fairy tales from different countries, points of view, etc. So, I was immediately interested in reading this! Shaskan did not disappoint! Even though the book is incredibly short (at only 24 pages!), it is fun, funny, and a page turner. --Bound and Determined to Find a Good Read Blog

Edition details

• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1404866736
• ISBN 13: 9781404866737
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 24