Very Little Red Riding Hood
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Very Little Red Riding Hood is little. Very little. She's brave and bossy, fearless and determined, loving and funny. And like all toddlers she likes everything just so – woe betide anyone and anything that gets in her way!
Join Very Little Red Riding Hood on a very important expedition to her Grandmama's for a sleepover.
She's got some cakes, she's got red ted, she's got her blanket and she's got her tea set. And NOTHING is going to get in the way of her well-laid plans. Not even a Wolf!
Will they all live happily ever after?
Find out in Very Little Red Riding Hood's very big adventure.
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Very Little Red Riding Hood, the toddler who stars in British author Heapy's retelling (first in a planned series), is all ready to go to Grandmama's for a sleepover, and she's full of love. When she meets the wolf, she leaps on him: "A Foxie!" she says in delight. "No touch my cakes!" she orders. When Grandmama is nonplussed by the wolf in her doorway, Very Little Riding Hood explains, "Oh, Gramma, it's only Foxie." The three play hide-and-seek, dance, and draw until there's a toddler meltdown: "I don't know where is my Mummy," she weeps. "Oh, what big, wet eyes you have," starts the Wolf. "Oh, what a big, snotty nose you have." Will the Wolf's instinctive cruelty finally surface? Not to worry. Heap's childlike watercolor-and-ink spreads subtly signal contemporary life with props like Very Little Riding Hood's wheeled carry-all and Gramma's casual sweater and slacks. Heapy's toddler speech has the ring of authenticity, and it's not a parody, either. Rather, Heapy swaps a delightful new character into an old story and follows her wherever she leads. Ages 4 8.
