While the artwork is some of the best I've seen in a really long time, the ending, however, was a little depressing to be read to my kid. Would have liked this story in maybe an adult short story collection rather than for little ones. Overall, good book.

Little Red Wolf: What you bring in your baggage is your own business

The story of Little Red Riding Hood has always been a wonderful morality tale. The interpretation of it has been wide spread. Some view it as a cautionary story telling of the dangers of strange men with young girls. Others interpret as following the righteous path vs the non. Some view Red Riding Hood as nothing but a playful story and don't read any deeper. Each person who reads or hears it has a slightly different take, and it impacts them at some level. I myself have always been a fan of the Riding Hood story, but in recent years have felt inundated by exposure to the tale. It seems like corporate commercials, TV shows, and the likes are all stabbing at it and taking reference.

Maybe this is simply an artifact of my own generation, that the age bracket I inhabit was more strongly influenced than others.

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Little Red Wolf (Amélie Fléchais)
Translated by Jeremy Melloul
80 pages
Lion Forge
ISBN-10: 1941302459
ISBN-13: 978-1941302453

Little Red Wolf was a fresh approach that did not follow directly in the footsteps of the original, meandering its own path through the woods, damn the consequences. I read this on the couch with my 3-year-old daughter. She was easily as captivated as I was, with beautiful artwork and lyrical text that flows from the pages.

Little Red Wolf is the tale of a small cub who is sent on a trip through the woods to his Grandmother's house. His Grandmother is too old and frail to hunt for herself, so presented with a dead rabbit to deliver, Little Red Wolf heads through the forest. He is given classic advice to stay the path and avoid the area where the Hunter and his daughter live, for they are killers of wolves and will give no mercy.

Little Red is easily distracted and finds himself lost in the woods, with no idea where the safe trail can be found. He eats bits and pieces of his delivery food until all that is left is bones. He is afraid he will be in trouble, as children do, begins to cry.

This is where the story changes from the traditional morality tale and becomes a great work unto itself. The wolf is approached in the forest by a young beautiful girl. The girl seems to be nice and is willing to help the wolf get a new fresh rabbit to take to his grandmother.

The little girl takes the wolf to her home, telling him a tale of a man who fell in love with a wild woman of the forest (her mother and father). She speaks of the adventure and terrors they fought. It turns out that every story has multiple interpretations, just like the original story of Red Riding Hood. While no single telling of the story is wrong, with out all the facts, they are exactly that, interpretations alone.

This book was really amazing. Lion Forge really seems to have tapped into a graphic novel and comic market that non-French speaking individuals should be giddy to gain access to, as this is another Translation success. This is the second translation I have read by Jeremy Melloul, and I am very impressed by the ease it crosses over the barrier, feeling like it was native to English, rather than a clumsy duplication.

The core story, written and drawn by Amélie Fléchais, is outstanding. Being that this was read with my daughter, I felt very comfortable with the beautiful artwork, topic matter, and overall presentation. The story itself was more in the presentation of a short children's book rather than a graphic novel, and it reads easily and clearly. I will have to search for other work (written or artistic) by her.

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Disclosure: This graphic novel was presented to me for review purposes by the publisher. I should have told them that while reviewing I might probably be eating donuts and an altered mental state by proxy of sugar high may be in play. I doubt they would have listened, however, as people just assume that fat bearded men are probably always eating donuts, sitting next to cops perhaps, or in basements hiding like trolls in some Tolkien-esque nightmare. I can vouch however that if I DID eat a donut, the sugar and carbs associated did not sway my opinion of this work, neither did the early access copy that my review is based on.

The art is stunning! I love the layers of shades and textures made to create depth.
I like how the dead rabbits look sad and asleep rather than gruesomly dead.

That was such a sweet and melancholy story. The ending caught me by suprise and left me feeling rather down. It was an interesting spin on the classic <i>Little red riding hood.</i>

It was a very quick read but something I'd love to have in my collection. It is very expensive though, so I'm not sure I'd ever buy it for myself.

Beautiful and haunting twist on Little Red Riding Hood that reminds us we can't always believe what we're told. The layers and texture in the art create such a lush and emotional world. Fans of the Song of the Sea will enjoy this in particular.

The publisher provided me with the opportunity to read this in exchange for providing feedback. (via NetGalley)

3.75 stars. Interesting retelling of a classic that I wasn't expecting going in. The illustrations were pretty cool too.

This was such a cute and charming story! It did have a dark turn that I was not expecting, but I did thoroughly enjoy myself while reading it. I thought that it would be a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, which I suppose in a way, it is. I absolutely loved the style of art that was throughout this entire graphic novel. I feel like it might be a little too mature for a young child, say 6 or 7, but I could definitely see it for someone who was a little bit older than that.

An arc was provided generously in exchange of an honest review via Netgalley.*

As an adult I liked this book, but I will never buy it for my daughter. The pictures in a book are amazing! Fonts and illustrations make the book beautiful. I didn't like some parts of the text. And the plot is fairly speaking grizzly. I would expect that this book is perfect as a children's horror story with a happy ending for 10-13 year olds.

Though the art is absolutely beautiful, I didn't find I enjoyed the style of writing, and maybe that has to do with the translation from French to English. The actual story of it I did enjoy, I thought it was a nice role reversal and it felt very fairytale/myth/folklore story like, which is something I tend to enjoy. I felt that this would make a better children's picture book instead of a graphic novel, and felt that the chapters ended somewhat abruptly. I would have loved a little more of a rhyming scheme as well. Overall it was alright.

EEEEEE!!!!! This book was so beautiful and sweet, I fell in love with it.

The illustrations. The illustrations alone were a thing of beauty - the style is so unique, with amazing use of colours that it was a delight to look at. I definitely see myself buying a print copy of this, just so I know it's safely tucked up in my bookcase.

The story itself is something special too, a retelling of little red riding hood (could you guess?) that takes a completely different turn that I didn't see coming. It's similar to a traditional fairytale in that it carries a moral message while leaving you slightly confused as to what it is.

The Little Red Wolf is an adorably dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. The artwork is beautiful, the colours are stunning, and the story was captivating. I did find some pages slightly disturbing so I don't think I can recommend it to a child but older kids may appreciate this more. The end leaves you with mixed feelings of sadness and tragedy, but it's quite thought provoking too!

I really liked this graphic novel I thought the pictures were very pretty. Also the story was different the the actual little red riding hood and in my opinion it showed that most will twist the truth according to how it will suit them better. I will be picking up this book once it hit the shelves.

I was not expecting this story to be so endearing! I loved it with all my heart.

It's such a unique spin on the little red riding hood tale!
It's an incredibly powerful story even tho it's really tiny. Plus it has AMAZING artwork, and when I say amazing it's like "I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE NOW".
It's a bit upsetting and yet adorable! It gives some really mixed feelings because I just saw a wolf eating a rabbit in pieces and yet I'm like "how adorable!!". Either something is wrong with me or this book is just too well done for me to care about the fact that that should be if not scary, at least not adorable!
I also really liked how we see things from different perspectives and how it makes things look SO astonishingly different. It's incredible how important such a tiny book can be, right?

I loved this and I would definitely recommend it! Seriously, that artwork. Holy...

ARC COPy...extremely beautiful illustration akin to children's picture book but with the twist of little red riding hood being the "wolf" and the wolf is being a seemingly innocent little girl. Despite the twist it still felt like a timeless and dark fairy-tale fantasy.

This is a very original, equally dark and beautifully illustrated retelling of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. I loved the idea of reversing the roles - in this one, the little wolf is the one going alone through the woods, afraid of the evil human hunters.

One minor thing to criticize was the ending, which didn't fit in as smooth as I would have expected. Maybe that was because it somehow 'lost it's way' and went too far from the original fairy tale. However, the wonderful illustrations definitely outweigh this minor flaw.

This graphic novel is like a spin-off of the famous classic children's story, Little Red Riding Hood. The two different version of the story through the accounts of the human hunter and the wolf is a great read. The latter is like a message to us about how human's preconception to wild animals like wolves or a specific breed of dog like pitbull; and how we should not be like the hunter were he hastily judge or assume things without carefully inspecting things first.

Art: artistic (play around with color and style), reminiscent of fairy tales, font fits what would be in a fairy tale book

Story: I liked the twist on red riding hood and how the story captures fairy tales essence well. It captures the brutality, whimsicalness, and the beats without it being an average fairy tale story.

This is a gorgeous book. I went in expecting a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, but was actually pleasantly surprised with a slightly different story. The story starts off the same as Little Red Riding Hood, with a little wolf pup skipping along to his grandmother's house with a basket of dead rabbit after a warning from his mother about a cruel hunter and his daughter. I like how there are parents in this story, and how they're the ones affecting their child. The real selling point for me is the artwork though. It's beautiful and practically tells the story all by itself. It really brings across the fairytale elements of this fairytale!

This is a retelling of Red Riding Hood in which the protagonist is a young wolf wearing a red cape. It is a dark spin on the Disney sweet version. An adaptation that, although it is marketed to children, I wouldn't read to a child under 10. It gave me, a 24 year old, small shivers.

It is however beautiful. The artwork is gorgeous and reminds me of my childhood stories. The story is interesting & shows the importance of perspective very clearly.
I would definitely buy this for an older child, but definitely not as a bedtime story gift for a baby-shower (just a little bit too soon).

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.