Little Red Hoodie
Little Red Hoodie
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Annotation: It's not the big bad wolf that stops Little Red Hoodie from getting to grandma's house in this rollicking take on the fa... more
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #218987
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Holiday House
Copyright Date: 2020
Edition Date: 2020 Release Date: 12/01/20
Illustrator: Sevilla, Marta
Pages: 145 pages
ISBN: 0-8234-4621-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-8234-4621-6
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2019026084
Dimensions: 22 cm.
Language: English
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Kirkus Reviews

A directionally challenged child sets out for her grandmother's cottage with a basket of goodies but wanders into the wrong forest.Hardly has Little Red Hoodie embarked before she finds herself in a rather populous woodland inhabited not only by a menacing if skittish Wolf, but a motley array of other folktale (ish) characters. These include HoGTV home-improvement show hosts the Pig Brothers, flying monkeys, Coyote, Anansi, Ratón Perez, and the whole Chicken Little crew. Several, notably Baby "Bobby" Bear from predecessor Goldilocks, Go Home! (2019), who serves as a snarky foil and narrates occasional chapters, tag along as Red and her growing entourage blunder into the evil queen's castle, escape its dungeon/laundry room with help from a certain oddly knowledgeable woodsman (who eventually admits to a secret royal identity), and send the aforementioned lupine bully packing for good by ganging up to display their "inner fierce." Sevilla supplies liberal quantities of cartoon headshots and group scenes, often with figures-the few human ones depicted with lightly toned skin but registering as White-delivering punchlines or side comments. Little Red never does get to her granny's house…which may be for the best, as she casually notes at the end that it's made entirely of gingerbread.Readers up on their folklore tropes and types will chortle over this sly, airy pastiche. (Fantasy. 7-10)

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Reading Level: 2.0
Interest Level: 1-4
Guided Reading Level: R
Fountas & Pinnell: R

It's not the big bad wolf that stops Little Red Hoodie from getting to grandma's house in this rollicking take on the fairy tale--Red can't follow directions!

"Follow Magic Wand Lane to Glass Slipper Boulevard, right on Beanstalk, left on Breadcrumb, down the Garden Path, and you're there," said Little Red Hoodie's mom, but Red wasn't exactly paying attention.

Before she knows it, she's hopelessly lost in the forest-- and to make matters worse, someone has stolen her basket of goodies. It'll take the whole forest to undercover the thief and get the directionally challenged Little Red Hoodie back on track to Grandma's house.

A companion to the delightfully irreverent Goldilocks, Go Home!, this latest from Martha Freeman features all the wit and charm of the first book as well as cameos by Bobby (Baby) Bear, the Pig Brothers from HoGTV, Chicken Little, and many more. Marta Sevilla's clever drawings effortlessly capture the spirited banter among characters as Little Red Hoodie and Bobby Bear take turns narrating the story.


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