Familiar characters and alternate endings to classic children stories with a fun, enduring sibling relationship.

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This one was a bit lacking for me but I do think kids will like seeing the familiar characters in this one!

What if there was a different ending for the wolf in The Three Little Pigs or Little Red Riding Hood? This is the Path the Wolf Took tells a sweet story of a little boy who likes to create an alternate ending to well-known stories. We learn that good stories cannot only consists of good characters. My two-year old loved hearing this story. I think it is great book that introduces children to what makes a good story.

This is a cute story that would be a great discussion starter on the importance of having various story elements in a piece of writing. Just as the brother was about to get to the exciting story lines, the story was modified to have a hero step in to save the day.

Cute graphics, several references to other fairy tales, and speech bubbles will be eye catching for young children. It is recommended that students and young children hear the original tales of 3 Little Pigs and Red Riding Hood before listening to this variation.

Thank you to Laura Farina, Kids Can Press, and NetGalley for this complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is a cute little fractured fairy tale that some elementary teachers might want to add to their collections. Gabe likes to change fairy tales up a little bit because he is a little scared of the Big Bad Wolf. However, his sister finds this incredibly boring. Eventually Gabe finds a way to make the story suit both him and his sister.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.

This story was fun, but it jumped quite a bit. I liked how it featured classic characters like the three little pigs, but I'm not sure if my boys would make the connection to all the references. The illustrations were fabulous, but the story just didn't appeal to me. My boys would probably like the villains and the bravery theme, but I probably wouldn't be inclined to buy this one.

I thought this book was really cute. Children do need to know the stories of 'little red riding hood' and 'the three pigs' to understand this story. I loved how it weaved in classic stories and also had a story all on its own.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Kids Can Press for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is a children's book. Well this has me befuddled! I just could not connect to the characters or quite understand why the stories were being mixed up? Will a child get.it? Maybe they will think it's funny? I didn't get it. Hahaha the.point ? 2.5 stars

This Is the Path the Wolf Took would be a great story to use to discuss story structure in a classroom and how to take a boring story and make it more interesting. Gabriel begins by telling his sister a "boring" story. As the book moves on, Gabriel realizes that if he wants to hold his sister's attention, he will need to make his story more exciting. His rewritten version of his own story is much better, his sister remains interested, and he realizes being a writer means adding excitement to his stories.

We all know the classic fairy tales where the Wolf turns out to be the villain, but Gabriel tries to change that notion for his little sister. This story greatly weaves elements of plot, how to create an enticing story, and appealing to the reader audience--all skills that can be taught to students through use of this book! I especially admired the imagery used to describe the wolf towards the end of the book. This is a beautiful picture book that cannot only be treasured for its storyline, but also for its flexible use in the classroom. #NetGalley

I really enjoyed this book, and I am sure my children will too! Gabriel puts a spin on familiar stories while telling them to his sister. His sister does just wants the stories to be like her parents told her. Gabriel continues changing them until they all come together for a happy ending without the wolf being so scary. This would be a great book for teaching students how to think through writing fictional stories and also teaching story elements.

This was a cute book. Might be an extra purchase if I need to spend more money. I like the theme of bravery.

This is a cute book and the illustrations are wonderful.
A mix of "Red Riding Hood" and "Three Little Pigs" but nothing bad happens because Gabe doesn't want scary parts in the stories.
But great stories need danger and risk.
I really love the idea but implementation is a little flat.

This was a fun reworking of the tales of Little Red Riding Hood and Three Little Pigs. The essence of the story is the message that without peril most stories are quite dull. The illustrations are warm and engaging and the story is enjoyable. It would a good bedtime read between parents and their children.

Ahhhh this one. I feel like it has good messages to the readers however I am not sure if it would be easy to understand? I think if you want a really cute and funny story, you would get it from this one easily. However, other than that, I feel like it's a bit flat. I am sorry but this one is not for me.
Not a bad book though and it'd still be a wonderful addition to your kids library.

We loved all the colorful illustrations, but unfortunately the story fell a bit flat. It was a little confusing for my little one to follow.

Overall 3 stars

This is one of those books where the concept is better than the execution.

A big brother tries to retell Little Read Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs without any threat to them, because his character, a knight, shoos the wolf away, without incident.

His little sister finds that she doesn't like these versions, because they are boring.

I agree.

If the book had begun with the brother's third attempt, where he had the knight saving pigs and girls and grandmothers from the wolf, then this could have been a much funner book. But since we had to go half way through the book to get to this point, then no, it didn't work.

At this point, I agree with the sister, that she would rather have her mother tell the stories.

Despite all the ice cream at the end.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.l

This was such a fun book. A boy reading to his little sister but twisting the well known tales to include his own version of events, much to his little sister's dismay who quickly gets bored of his story's.
I'm always looking for new books to recommend to my younger customers and this one is going straight to the top of my recommends.
Heartwarming and funny. Sure to delight any little reader who gets their hands on this beautifully illustrated book.

Cute Illustrations. Relatively cute story, I’m not quite sure what could have made it better. It seemed repetitive, and I think it could have used some other stories besides riffing on almost the same couple stories a few times. The end seemed abrupt and didn’t quite make the point. There was a bit more excitement to the last story as the kid faced down the wolf, but it wasn’t all that different from the previous narratives.

Well this wasn't awful, but it wasn't great. A young kid reads to his even younger sister, first Little Red Riding Hood, and then the Three Little Pigs, but always leaving out any threat or danger to the title characters, and always inventing a knight (who looks suspiciously like him) to come along and scare the wolf away. Is it because he wants to be the hero of his own story, or is it that he's actually a bit too scared to read the wolf bits out? Either way it doesn't make for a fun story, quite the opposite. He'll have to overcome his reluctance to include the wolf if he's going to have a happy sister. The premise is fine, but it is all a bit too loose, scattershot and lacking in discipline (both in narrative and in the illustrations) to really appeal.