This book was adorable! I loved the story, which was a really cute little twist on the "Little Red Riding Hood" classic. The art was amazing and I loved all the little details.

This would be a great book for a fractured fairy tales unit as an alternative to the classic Little Red Riding Hood. The illustrations are beautiful yet haunting. I can see this as a read aloud book where students would want to linger on the images as they incite discussion. The bone imagery might be a little scary for younger readers but this could definitely be used in the classroom for 3rd grade and up. Good messages about having two sides to every story, partial truths, and the dangers of making generalizations or stereotypes.

I’m just going to go ahead and start with saying that the art in this little book was super adorable! There were so many cute little details in the pages I had to remember to stop and properly look at them so I didn’t miss anything. The way humans were drawn gave me some serious Tove Jansson vibes which is always great and I also loved the little red wolf’s design because he was really simple but still the cutest thing ever.

The story of the Little Red Wolf was also really nice, kind of a reversed retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood where a wolf is the main character and humans are the villains. It had its own little twists as well so it wasn’t just the exact same story even though it starts very similarly with the little wolf in a red cape being sent to bring food to his grandmother. I think it ended a little abruptly but on the other hand there wasn’t really much need to add anything else to it.

The one complaint that I have is that the font choice made the book a little hard to read, especially when there was no real space left for text in the paintings so they drowned in the background a little bit. That’s the only real issue I had with it though. I would have happily read it even if there was no text in it because the art was just so beautiful, the story just added to the experience. 80 pages of beautiful paintings make me happy!!

I was initially interested in the book because of the beautiful cover and the sypnosis that indicated that the story was reversed. It's a short and very beautifully illustrated book that carries a message important to both young people and adults. It is also a very creative retelling. I also like how this book reinstates/teaches in a way that nature is not evil and that things just work that way! (I mean that little cute wolf is carrying a dead rabbit)
It's just so beautiful that I want to buy the hardcover edition just to look at all the gorgeousness.  <3
It's one of those books that invokes a childish sense of pride in you because you own it and you want to show it off.

I didn't like this book, too graphic with the eating of the rabbit.

This was delightful take on an old fairy tale, a haunting and lovely story that shifts and ponders on perspective. The artwork was marvelous and dreamy and really added a fantastic atmosphere to the story. In fact, I would say the writing itself is weaker than the illustrations, but maybe something was lost in translation. In short, it's a little sweet graphic novel I would definitely recommend.

The illustrations in this book are simply wonderful. It is a beautiful book. The story is a unique twist on the little red riding hood story, but, unfortunately it feels like it has lost something in translation. I have a feeling that this is a wonderful book in the original language.

It is such a pretty book though and the story is unique if a bit strange. Still worth a read for those who enjoy the illustration style. :)

This is a unique retelling of a classic tale. The artwork is phenomenal and adds to the story. This book really brings to mind that we should not judge based on appearances. The wolf is not the villain in this twist on a classic tale.

I picked this up on a whim because netgalley had a display for picture books. The title and the cover were what intrigued me to pick it up. I do believe this story came out in french originally based off of goodreads. I honestly think this is a really cute graphic novel. It was on the shorter side so I sped through it in about fifteen minutes. The artwork in this book is honestly breathtaking. The colors compliment each other quite well. It’s a really interesting take on the classic little red riding hood. You get the mention of the grandmother, but this was so much more than that.

The little wolf gets lost and caught by the hunter’s daughter. You are led to believe that there is no way a young girl like that could be bad. She sings a song that explains why the hunters do what they do. The colors in the pictures darken around this time as well which I think showcases how sad the father was. The wolf’s dad shows up to save him from being added to the hunter’s collection of wolf skins.

You get another side to the song that the little girl was singing from before. The mother of the little girl was one with the wolves and was killed because of her husband’s fear of them. That twist at the end is what sold me on it. I really want to get a copy for my niece and nephew because I feel like they would enjoy it as well.

Great reverse fairy tale with incredible illustrations.

The stunning illustrations are the star of this book. Beautifully done, they captivate the eye and do a wonderful job of setting the tone of the story. I liked this version of the 'Little Red Riding Hood' fairy tale, an interesting twist on a classic story. Fans of fractured fairy tales will really enjoy adding this to their collection.

Stunning illustrations capture this simply told tale that is anything but simple. A young wolf, dressed in red, sets off for his grandmother's house with a rabbit tied up neatly for her. He strays from the path, but is aided by a nice and pretty girl who lures him into a trap. This tale is a flipped retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story, but it also contains a lovely song written two ways, that illuminates how differently the same story can feel from different perspectives. I think this book illustrates a fundamental truth about how complex the truth can be, and how a tale told differently can be a completely different tale. Simply told, but breathtakingly complex, this is an excellent introduction for young children to the idea that the world is never as simple as it seems.

I've heard of retellings before and am quite a fan of them. However, one that I had never considered before, at least not at great length, was what if it was the wolf going through the forest and a young girl that lured him off the forest path on the way to grandmother's house?

Freely inspired by Charles Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood, Amélie Fléchais turns the classic story into a tale of her own with a renewed point of view while still retaining the darkness of the original story.

The little wolf has the mannerisms of the main character of a fairy tale. He wants to trust, but his good heart is too good and it gets him into trouble when he meets the young girl who lives in the forest with her hunter papa. Through her he learns not only why he should fear humans, but why he should heed the warnings of his parents.

What is interesting about Amélie Fléchais's version of the Red Riding Hood story is that we get a little more story to the feud, so to speak, between the adversaries. The young girl tells the little wolf why she and her father hate the wolves and, at the conclusion of the book, we find out why this isn't the only side to the story. It's an good metaphor for real life because there just as in Little Red Riding Wolf, there is always more than one side to a story.

Fléchais's artwork was a blessing for the story because it enhanced the story. I'm not entirely certain of the methods used, but to hazard a guess I'd say a mixture of watercolors and graphite pencils. Whatever was used, the colors were blended well to bring to mind a fairy tale story, muted when the narrative called for a subdued tone, and bright when the little fox had hope and his family was there for him.

I'd recommend this book for fans of all ages, though caution parents that they may need to explain why the little fox is bringing a visible rabbit to his grandmother to eat/snacks on it along the way. The visuals are not graphic, exactly, just alluded it in a way that might inspire questions from some astute young ones.

A great amount of work went into the layout of this book. As children's books collectors (especially beautiful picture books) we appreciate the artist's efforts and many hours illustrating the text. We don't like to pan books completely--and rarely ever do so. However, we found this to be a dark, morbid tale with equally morose illustrations and no redemptive message or humor. The message couldn't be animal rights as in one scene the lost, very hungry little wolf eats a rabbit part-by-part.

The plot: a little wolf in a red cape attempts to bring a rabbit to grandma who can no longer hunt. An attempt at a reverse "Little Red Riding Hood" story that fails. We'll pass on this one.

The Little Red Wolf is a smart retelling of the classic tale about Little Red Riding Hood.
Two things really impressed me:
1. The stunning artwork won my heart. Amélie Fléchais’s illustrations are adorable, with a delightfully whimsical touch, and, at the same time, dark and a bit eerie;
2. Despite being aimed at young audiences (well, maybe not too young since at times it turns out to be a bit creepy), it addresses mature themes. Reversing the roles we are accustomed to (for once the wolf is the good one), it shows how each story can be told through different viewpoints and questions the idea that only one “truth” exists.

I wholeheartedly recommend it.

This was a lovely picture books retelling the story of little red riding hood but with a little wolf!

The story was creative and interesting, but the thing that makes this book is the illustrations! They were stunning and the little wolf was unbearably cute.

Great book for young kids!

The pictures are truly captivating and I knew I have to read it as soon as I saw that book available for review in NetGalley. It's based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood but instead of the little girl and bad wolf, we have little wolf and bad human.
I wholeheartedly recommend "Little Red Wolf" firstly because it is a good (even if somehow unfinished) story, one that confront children with the harsh fact of nature's laws, secondly, because it shows the effects of hatred and also the duplicity of each story, due to the different points of view, and finally, because of this images - how anyone can resit them?

YES! I say yes to this book! Oh, how I love dark and twisted fairy tales...

The narration of this beautifully told tale is perfect. I loved that it was a little wolf as the main character. I even liked the creepy little bunny he was keeping to take to his grandmother.

A little wolf, wearing an infamous red cape, goes to give his grandmother a bunny that has been caught and killed. He is warned to avoid the forest of dead wood where a hunter and his daughter live. Of course, he wonders off and some interesting things happen along the way.

What really stood out for me was that the story was all about point of view. I liked that this was pointed out because in the original story the wolf is bad but the wolf has to eat, right? The wolf has his own story to tell and it's told wonderfully. The artwork too did wonders for the story. I could look through this book for hours and be enchanted.

Fléchais does the original story of Little Red Riding Hood, my favorite fairy tale, justice. The narration, illustrations, and twist make this a wonderful little graphic novel to read time and time again.

The little red wolf est un conte parfois très doux et parfois très sombre, que j'ai beaucoup apprécié. Le dessin est sublime, même si j'ai eu l'impression que la version numérique avait parfois des petits soucis de qualité. Mon jugement sur le texte n'est sans doute pas très fiable vu que je suis à peine bilingue, mais je l'ai trouvé très accessible et très joliment écrit. Je me sentais vraiment impliquée dans ma lecture, j'aurais aimé pouvoir enter à l'intérieur de l'histoire pour intervenir plus d'une fois. Je ne conseille pas forcément ce livre à des enfants très jeunes, mais je pense qu'à partir de douze ans, s'ils sont bilingues ou pas loin (comme c'est plus en plus courant), ils devraient apprécier ! Cela dit, ce conte moderne se lit à tout âge.

really pretty art. slightly dark and sad story.