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.

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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.

This story was adorable and I loved it!!!! A fantastic dual perspective of the little red riding hood story.

This story is loosely based on "Little Red Riding Hood", only here we have a little wolf in a red cape as the main character. He is sent to bring food to his grandmother because she is old and cannot hunt for herself anymore. Then follows a typical story of a child being typically careless and not heeding advice, but also of selfishness and danger.

The ending had a very nice twist to it and made this story truly be about the monsters we think we see and the monsters we can become ourselves. And it's about appearances and being careful.

I think the main attraction here is the art. It's not 100% to my taste but it's kinda cute and I liked the details of the forest as well as the colour combination. It also has a good combination of round and sharp edges, highlighting certain elements.

A nice and modern twist on an old and very good fairytale, maybe making the story more accessible to some young readers nowadays.

The Little Red Wolf (ebook)
by Amélie Fléchais
Another book to look into the fractured stories of Little red riding hood. Like other attempts of changing things to the wolf's point of view, this book is a play on seeing things from another perspective. That the innocent little girl may not be as uniquely innocent as believed from the original story and that the wolf had a different reason and purpose for going to his grandmothers house. The pictures are cute, and the story adaptation is one teachers can use in the classroom to help change perspective.

The Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais is full of gorgeous glowy art. The details are incredibly complex and every page has little things to discover, from tiny mice in an underground cave to the fabric patterns on the father's cloak. The story itself is a lesson in looking at a story from both sides and hearing everyone's view point. It is effectively taught but better for an older child.

A beautiful retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Raw, sad, and enchanting!

The art is simply beautiful and the little red wolf is adorable. This is the story of a little wolf sent to deliver a rabbit. It turns into a bit of an adventure that I am not sure is really for children. It is a tale of families and opposing sides of a single story. Four stars because the ending felt a little abrupt but I love the transformation of the story most are familiar with into this dark and beautiful book.

What can I say about this? I've never been a fan of retellings but this one, oh my, was wonderful!
The plot, the storyline, the events were great.
It is about the story of a family of wolves living in the roots of a tree, their little one is always wearing a red cap so he's called "Little Red Wolf". When his mum sends him to his granny to deliver a little rabbit, she doesn't forget to warn him to be careful not to talk to any human under any condition, especially the huntsman and his little daughter. Through his journey, the Little Red Wolf starts to feel hungry so he decides to eat only the rabbit's feet, but little by little, he ate all of it and when he realised what he's done, he started to cry, that's when a sweet little girl appeared. What's gonna happen?

The illustrations, those were my favorites! All done in dark watercolor painting, it was something mysterious and wonderful to look at.

Absolutely gorgeous illustrations are the best part of this spin on Little Red Riding Hood. The story initially reminded me a little of Beatrix Potter, whose animal characters regard humans as a nuisance at the least and as a menace at the worst. The ending was a trifle deus ex machina for me, but the moral was especially resounding.

Wonderful new take on the famous Red Riding Hood story. The artwork was fantastic and the little wolf adorable. I very much enjoyed reading it. Shows wonderfully how a situation can be misinterpreted by humans.

In a classic switch, or perhaps better said a reversal of roles, the Little Red Wolf is actually Little Red Riding Hood, and humans are the wolves. He’s charged with taking a rabbit to his toothless grandmother, but of course gets distracted. Not only does he get lost, he eats grandma’s dinner. A human girl finds him and leads him out of the woods, but not all is as it seems. Like most wars, each side has their own version of the truth.
The story is intriguing, but the overly stylized artwork—all lines and sharp angles, maybe a Navaho influence—is strange enough to distract from the story.

I am drawn to retellings of familiar stories, so I was immediately drawn to read this one. There is much to like about this story, and I adored the beautiful art that accompanied it. The messages of fear and intolerance are important, but I'm not sure if the abrupt ending of the story does justice to these themes.

This is a heartbreakingly beautiful illustrated fairy tale with a twist. The story is based on Little Red Riding Hood and is both lovely and bittersweet. I was expecting it to be more of a graphic novel, but it is a children's illustrated book. However, the enchanting illustrations make it suitable for adults as well as children.

WOW.. just wow. The writing, the storytelling, the drawings, all of them were amazing. I love this retelling of the little red riding hood. It kind of reminds me of the movie Brother Bear because it gives you perspective on what a wolf might think of humans. The illustrations were so detailed and beautiful. Although the 2nd half of the book might be a little scary for little kids so I would recommend this book so kids around 6 or 7 ish and above.

Absolutely gorgeous art that draws you in from the beginning, ranging from sun-dappled, beautiful forest scenes to stark moonlit flashbacks.

There are picture books that are meant for children, and there are picture books that are clearly intended for adults, and then there are also picture books that cater to my inner art-starved 5-year old with their intricate illustrations. The Little Red Wolf is a combination of all of these!

A gorgeously illustrated picture book inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. It started off whimsical but then got pretty dark. I loved it as an adult, but I think little kid me would have gotten nightmares.

The ending also felt a bit abrupt. But I did like the twist.

I really like this different take on the Little Red Riding Hood story from a wolves perspective. It was fun, beautifully drawn, and with a bit of a tragic ending.