The Wolf's Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood

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There is always two sides to each story! This one is worth considering as preschoolers to grade 2 can compare the Wolf’s perspective to the original story during read aloud. How the Wolf howled as he tried to free his tail. He pulled and pulled and then - Snap! - he pulled so hard that he pulled it right off!

The text is not the only thing that will keep you reading, the illustrations are also amazing. The drawings are from wolf’s viewpoint, and show his sadness when Little Red visits, the short cut he takes to beat Little Red to grandma’s house, and best of all, what happens when Little Red gets to the house and wolf is in grandma’s bed. First, the reader can see the reflection of Little Red in the wolf’s huge eyes, and the view looking out of wolf’s mouth at the girl before she is about to pop the toffee. The illustrations make the wolf look charming, and Little Red appears scary or cold. Other books I could connect with this one would be the original Little Red Riding Hood. Another book would be The most Magnificent thing by Ashley Spires. This book also focuses on perspective. Premise/plot: The wolf from Little Red Riding Hood is sharing HIS side of the story with you, the reader. Will you believe his story? Is it convincing? Or is there still reasonable doubt?! The soft pencil and watercolor illustrations support the storyline by assuring the readers they may not want to trust the Wolf’s version of the story. His beady yellow eyes even reflect the image of the little girl, arriving at his bedside to greet “grandma” with toffees.An absolutely delightful picture-book re-telling of the fairy tale, “Little Red Riding Hood”, from the perspective of the infamous Wolf, the much-maligned anti-hero who it may turn out, is not such a bad guy, after all.

The next night was even colder when the two animals returned to the McFleecies' farm. The Wolf hoped to find some more of the crowdie cheese, but the window-ledge was empty and the bowl lay just where it had fallen.

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Without giving the plot away (no spoilers here), this tale will charm, entertain, mesmerize and gently enlighten any child - providing a glimpse into “another”, who may look alien or unfriendly from the outside - but may, perhaps just be different. (Even really different, or scary). This fractured fairy tale is funny, charming, gorgeously illustrated, and is sure to captivate even the youngest reader. Everyone was scared of the Wolf. Folk like Farmer McFleecie and his wife were scared. Even the animals were scared - except for one.