Happy Ever After: Red Riding Hood Takes Charge - Softcover

Bradman, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843625369 ISBN 13: 9781843625360

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2006

Synopsis

This work contains stories about what happens at the end of the fairytale. Do they really live happily ever after? Does the frog prince enjoy his life at the palace with his new bride, or would he really prefer to be living in that muddy old pond? And Little Red Riding Hood's Granny is feeling lonely - can our heroine find a nice man for her to protect her from the wolf? Perhaps sending Granny speed dating will help...

About this title

About the Author

Tony Bradman writes for children of all ages and is children's books reviewer for the Daily Telegraph. He is particularly well known for his top-selling Dilly the Dinosaur series (Egmont). Sarah Warburton is a new and exciting young illustrator.

From Booklist

Not so much a fractured fairy tale as a wry contemporary sequel, this illustrated easy-to-read title in the After Happily Ever After series takes up the story after Granny is over her scare with the Big Bad Wolf. Now the problem is that she is lonely, so Little Red Hiding Hood visits often, even though it is not easy to fit trips into her schedule that is packed with school and friends. Little Red searches the Web for neighborhood activities, but Granny does not enjoy Senior Citizens Night. Nothing works, until Granny and Little Red realize what they have been missing all along: the nice, brave Mr.Woodcutter, who saved Granny’s life, is her favorite date, and they get married and live happily ever after. Reluctant readers will enjoy the play with the old tale (“My Granny! What a big smile you have!”), and the black-and-white drawings on every page place the story in a contemporary setting. Grades 2-5. --Hazel Rochman

Edition details

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843625369
• ISBN 13: 9781843625360
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48