This book is a nice alternate take on Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf and the girl switch places, which works wonderfully in this telling. It is dark at times. Some people might be put off by that, but it harkens back to old school fairytales.

At the same time, this goes beyond what I would expect from a retelling. About halfway through the creator shows how the history of the characters intertwine. That made the story much deeper for me. I am really pleased with how the book ends because it works so well with the rest of the story.

The art is fantastic. It's worth picking up for the art alone. I feel like it is a great complement to the story.

In a new spin on Perrault’s tale of Little Red Riding Hood, this graphic novel features a little wolf who loves his red cape and is sent by his mother to take a rabbit to his ailing grandmother. Forgetful of his mother’s warnings to stay on the trail and beware of the hunter and his daughter, Little Red Wolf comes very close to a dire end and readers find out why the hunter hates the wolves so.

Don’t be fooled by the whimsical artwork and title, this is not the Disney kind of fairy tale, it’s more the old original kind of fairy tale with some bits that are a little bit dark and a little bit disturbing. For middle grade or older readers who can handle the darker twists, this would be a fantastic twist on the classic fairy tale for compare/contrast activities. Also a good pick for those who like their fairy tales a wee bit creepy, but not hauntingly so. And for those studying folklore and how stories can change or how bias impacts a tale, there’s a song in this story that has two different versions, one sung by the hunter’s daughter, the other sung by the wolves. It’s up to readers to decide which one is true and shows how viewpoints can change a story’s telling. The artwork and design in this are truly marvelous, so even if you prefer your fairy tales with happy endings (like me) you still might find yourself mesmerized by this feast for the eyes (I certainly did...and can see myself rereading this multiple times). The artwork alone deserves four stars.

Notes on content: No language issues or sexual content. The little wolf devours a rabbit on page but it isn’t bloody or gory (which almost makes it disturbingly clean). The tale with two versions involves the death of someone, with blood hinted in crimson tones on the page but not gory. Wolf skins are discovered by the little wolf which disturbs him.

This book was a great retelling of little red riding hood from the perspective of the little wolf. The book did get a little scary so this wouldn't be ideal for younger kids. I did like how the end was different.

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an easy five stars that wins in both story and artwork categories.

i got this through netgalley, so my photos have gone on that rough journey from computer screen to tiny camera and back to computer screen. i can only assume the physical book will be even more stunning, and i will soon be proven right about that because i am going to buy this the very moment it is available because GAH:

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i want this woman to come to my apartment and paint murals on my walls.

this is an inverted little red riding hood story, with another layer of oomph on top of it that explains the bad blood between wolves and man.

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between this and [book:Beautiful Darkness|17287069] and [book:Panter|23447466]*, my people sure do write some messed-up picture books. this one isn’t <i>nearly</i> as horrifying as [book:Beautiful Darkness|17287069], but there’s something so wrong-feeling about a little cartoon wolf traipsing through the forest with a dead bunny head sticking out of his bindle, no matter how adorable

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and then once the munchies hit, well - walt disney never prepared kids for how nature works.

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there’s also a really nice punch to the story, which is centered in the idea of perspective and how history looks different depending on where you’re standing, which is a pretty sophisticated lesson for the picture-book set.

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i wish there had been maybe a page or two more to it - it feels a bit abrupt the way it is now. not jarring, just unfinished-feeling.

still, it’s pretty much perfect, and i can’t say enough about the art, whether she's in cute-mode

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or more ominous-mode

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and i definitely want this to be part of my room mural. because that's still happening, right?

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a top-notch picture book i can't wait to hold in my hands.



* okay, so the panter-guy is from belgium, but since there's a shared border, language, and fried-potato legacy, he can share in this dubious honor as well.

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this is incredible. real review to come, but this is DEFINITELY one i will be buying as soon as it is available.

What if the roles were reversed? What if Little Red Riding Hood was a little wolf cub and the big bad enemy was the hunter? Amélie Fléchais shows you in this great story of The Little Red Wolf.

A little wolf who loves wearing his red cape, goes on a little trip to bring his old grandma a rabbit. On his way he gets lost, and he meets a young girl who wants to help him.But does she really?

The Little Red Wolf is perfect for quick afternoon read & a 100 rereads to look at the stunning artwork. The art in this story is my favorite so far and I would 100% decorate my entire house with this if I could.
The story itself is a good, somewhat dark, twist on a already familiar story. I thought it was unique and quit dark, which are both pluses in my book.
I need to get my hands on a hardcopy of this one and it would be great to see more familiar fairytales adapted to the same style so I can collect a whole series of these and make my shelves look amazing. All the stars.

Absolutely glorious artwork. I want to frame every page and put it on my wall. The story is great too - it's not often I read a Little Red retelling that actually does something new with the story. It's pretty dark so I'm not sure about reading it to a child (though when I was a child one of my favourites was an illustrated version of Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman, complete with illustration of Bess having just shot herself, so who am I to say what's appropriate for children?). Anyway, I'm not a child, and I loved this.

A must add to any modern child's collection. A great book to open discussions about your values with your children. The twist on the Little Red Riding Hood story opens minds to the ideas of other perspectives, other stories; misunderstandings and healing. Would make a lovely collection to any elementary library or classroom.

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks!

A retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story with a little wolf as the protagonist and humans as the dangerous. This little wolf is off to take a rabbit to his granny, who has no teeth left and cannot hunt for herself. But despite warnings from his mother about sticking to the path, he follows a beetle, a mouse, and a cloud of pollen and winds up off the beaten track. And he also forgets to be cautious of humans, which leads to a very dangerous situation for our poor cub.

The wolf is shown in a vibrant red cape and looks very sweet and innocent. But the young girl has wide eyes and beautiful hair and also seems very charming. This is definitely a case of "appearances can be deceiving." Although the appearances, or illustrations, in this book are gorgeous. At times fanciful colors fill the page with woodland mushrooms, trees, and creatures. In other scenes the tones are more muted and create a grimmer mood.

Highly recommended for those who enjoy retellings of traditional tales, stories with unexpected role reversals, or beautiful illustrations in any genre.

In this retelling of the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, the main character is not a small girl but a young wolf, who has to bring a gift to his grandmother: a delicious rabbit.

His mother tells him to be aware in the woods, and to avoid any human, and in particular the hunter. However, Little Red Wolf wanders off in the woods and loses his path, and a young girl finds him, she seems so nice...

The Little Red Wolf is a wonderful book, firstly for the retelling of the story twisting the point of view we are used to, and where good and evil are not absolute as in the classic version of the story.

The illustration and art are truly amazing, extremely well-detailed and well-finished.

Thanks to the publisher for providing me the copy necessary to write this review.

This is one of the most beautifully illustrated stories I've seen. Soft lines throughout really give it a dreamy quality that I loved. The story is also an interesting reversal of Little Red Riding Hood, but with a bit of original story tucked into it to make for a great read.

Wow, this is an incredible book! It's a hard book to place age-wise, both for recommending to others and for library shelving. It appears to be a picture book, with exquisite illustrations and just a sentence or two of text on each page, but the story is very dark (at least for American audiences). It does have chapters, and is 80 pages long. I think our public library would place it with upper elementary or teen books.

The beginning of the story is loosely based on Little Red Riding Hood, The illustrations have a whimsical character, with a small flare of manga-style on occasion. The story is short, but offers much opportunity for thought about one's perspective, the accuracy/inaccuracy of history, and the ease of personal denial and prejudice. Not that these subjects weigh the story down! The story progresses smoothly, and keeps the reader engaged. It just lends itself to deeper thought after the reading. Highly recommend!

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Five Stars!

This was a pretty dark but cute story that I was shocked about having such dark intones towards the end of the story. It's pretty much the reverse version of Little Red Riding Hood with the Wolf being Little Red  and the humans being the villains of the story per se. The little wolf gets lost in the woods while trying to go to his grandma's house to deliver a rabbit to her. He meets a girl that he though was his friend but it was trap set for her father. Her father hunts wolves for living in order to get revenge for his wife but  you found out the shocking twist at the end of the story. The artwork of this story was absolutely gorgeous with the colors going from light to dark as the story got darker. I do consider this a children's book but with darker intones that should be discussed with the children at the  end of the story.

I'm not sure that I would call this a graphic novel so much as a morbidly adorable children's book! The Little Red Wolf is, as you may have guessed from the cover, a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood - except, in this story, the little wolf is visiting his grandmother, when a wicked little girl tricks him!

This book was precious, and I loved the artwork so much. It was incredibly unique and would make a great "coffee table book" - you know, the sorts of books that are so pretty you just leave them out to look at them? (No? Just me? Hm...) I would totally buy a hard copy of this to read to my son as a bedtime story, honestly, because even though it does have a little morbidity to it, it isn't scary at all and I think most kids would really enjoy it!

Thank you to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

My thanks to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors Lion Forge for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.

I once saw a play with a friend of mine. A French play, Orelia's something-or-other, can't remember the full title. In it were surreal snippets. For example, a woman in curlers and a bathrobe carrying a baby doll and a cigarette. She lights the cigarette and puts it in the "baby's" mouth and takes a bottle from her robe pocket and starts to suck on it. Another scene where she is praising a mouse for catching and killing a cat. Very surreal, backwards stuff. I leaned over to my friend and whispered, "I'm not French enough for this play." She responded, "Me neither!" and she is 50% French.

That is the feeling I had upon finishing this book. I am not French enough to understand or appreciate it. Not a slight on the French, a slight on my inability to mold my mind to think as others think.

But this was really dark and twisted. Complete with dead bunnies, crazy (or is he) huntsman and two sides to the same story being passed down from generation to generation.

The artwork was STUNNING. That is why this book is getting 2 stars. The story? REAAAALLY messed up and not something I would personally choose to read to a child before bedtime, unless I wanted the child to have nightmares. I would definitely recommend at least looking at the artwork. It is so beautiful.

I KNOW I read this wrong. It was a translated into English version that I read, but I don't think that hurt my understanding of it. I'm just not the best audience for this version of "Little Red Riding Hood".

This is a beautiful book!

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I am, however, confused by it's audience - is this a children's book? This seems very scary to me for children, especially for children of the age for picture books. (I am by no means a PC kind of person, but I think my kids would be upset by the cute little rabbits being eaten piece by piece and by some of the other images here.) That being said, it is clever and beautiful and very nicely done. If I knew exactly the audience, I believe my rating would be higher. Anyone able to fill me in? Or show me the error of my ways?

(A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher.)

First of all, the art in here is magnificent! I'm absolutely in love. It's enchanting & gives such a wonderful magical vibe to the whole story!

And what a lovely story it is! It's a retelling of "The Little Red Riding Hood" only here it's the wolf who wears the red cape. And that's not the only twist the story offers. It's a book for kids and those usually try to teach the readers something. And what we learn here is that not everything is what it seems. But it's not simply that the human - wolf roles are reserved. We see how anybody can become a monster with terrible enough circumstances. I would take it to mean that we need to be very careful about our choices & try hard to keep on the side of good. Which seems like a great lesson for kids.

The art in The Little Red Wolf is deliciously lush! I'm not sure I will purchase it for my library, however. The book is really more a picture book than a graphic novel, despite being published by a graphic novel company, so the question of where it is shelved is one that confuses our cataloger immensely. I would be inclined to catalog it in the juvenile fiction category, but it's remarkably dark for a children's book, so I'm not sure it is a perfect fit there, despite being part of the Cub House imprint. Again, this book is just gorgeous, I'm simply not sure what the actual intended audience is.

What a BEAUTIFUL book! Its maybe a bit disturbing for the really young kids, but older children, tweens and up, will enjoy the play on a familiar fairy tale. These are some of the most beautiful illustrations I've ever seen in a picture book. I believe they are watercolors, where some of the scene is in a wash-type, and others are very detailed. The emotions are portrayed vividly, and its easy to feel empathy for all the characters. This is a good book to discuss with children the nature of "evil" and how so much can be based on one's own perspective. The Rashomon type story is compelling and gives a lot of room for thought. Excellent book! and Highly Recommended!

Le Petit Loup Rouge ( The Little Red Wolf) by Amélie Fléchais is a re-telling of the classic The Little Red Riding Hood. Only in this iteration the wolf is the protagonist.

My first introduction to these kind of fractured fairy tales was actually through Jon Scieszka and his True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. These stories are obviously intended for children, but they had a huge impact when I read them as a child as it never occurred to me that the "evil" side had a story to tell as well.

Le Petit Loup Rouge's intended audience is more YA and adult. The story is darker, and the imagery scary but whimsical at the the same time. This is accomplished through Amélie Fléchais' exceptional art. This is the main selling point of this book. The art is gorgeous and worth the price of the book alone. I wouldn't mind framing some of it, and displaying it around my house. The story is simple -- the little wolf just wants to visit his grandmother, but the ending, while it feels abrupt, is haunting.

I loved this book, and recommend it wholeheartedly.

https://thebookobserver.blogspot.com/2017/08/review-7-le-petit-loup-rouge.html
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104484284?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

In questa breve favola un piccolo lupo dal cappuccetto rosso prende il posto della fanciulla dei Grimm, e una ragazzina sostituisce la belva acquattata nel bosco in attesa della vittima.
Ma non si tratta semplicemente di uno scambio di ruoli: The little red wolf presenta degli elementi di novità rispetto alla favola originale che fanno molto riflettere.
Il piccolo lupetto si comporta proprio come un bambino durante il suo viaggio verso la casa della nonna, e ciò rende ancora più palese il fatto che sia una vittima dell'odio del tutto innocente.

Il padre della fanciulla, che ha fatto della caccia ai lupi la ragione della propria vita, sa infatti benissimo come sono andate le cose la notte che ha cambiato irrimediabilmente la sua esistenza. Tuttavia, non accettando la realtà e le proprie responsabilità, rivolge l'odio che prova nei confronti di se stesso, verso degli animali che non hanno colpa. Escludendo, tra l'altro, la possibilità di una convivenza pacifica e serena che sa essere possibile.
Ed è qui che l'essere umano diventa bestia. Non a causa del suo aspetto o dei suoi istinti, ma delle proprie azioni.
Ciò che è peggio, e credo sia uno dei messaggi più potenti della storia, è che l'uomo educa la sua stessa bambina all'odio, un odio ancora più profondo e radicato, visto che la piccola si fida ciecamente del genitore, e sposa in pieno la sua causa.
Ne viene fuori un ritratto dell'essere umano piuttosto amaro, ma che ci fa anche comprendere quanto sia fragile, e come la verità possa avere tante versioni quante sono le bocche che la raccontano.

Per quanto riguarda il disegno, ho adorato tutte le tavole della favola. L'autrice fa un uso molto sapiente dei colori, e con pochi tratti sa rendere il lupetto tenerissimo e qualche volta divertente.
Mi è piaciuta soprattutto la resa dell'acqua e dei boschi.

The little red wolf è una favola bellissima che può aiutare i "grandi" ad affrontare con delicatezza temi molto importanti con i più piccoli, in primis far comprendere loro quanto male possa fare l'odio, sempre.