Diane Fox

Cat is telling a story… or tries to anyway. Dog keeps interrupting Cat with questions. He’s not really paying attention and keeps adding his own comments and interpretation of the story. In the end, Dog is a little confused:

"So let’s see if I have this right. The Red Hood is on her way to help an old lady when she meets the Wolfman. He has an evil plan. He likes to dress up in girls’ clothes and eat people. He and Red have a big battle and Red’s father puts an end to show more Wolfie."

Children who are familiar with the Little Red Riding Hood will be laughing at the absurdity of taking a fairy tale literally as I was. But even those who don’t know the tale, or are too young to understand the misinterpretation, will enjoy the interaction between Cat and Dog.

This is not a picture book but it does have cute comic book style sketches on every page along with the text, which is also in comic style above the head of the character that is speaking. There is also a little lesson in the story about not interrupting and paying attention to others, and is delivered with a fun dose of humor. And maybe a lesson there for adults too! show less

See, I told you that even children can be cynical and questioning. Authors, kids deserve your very smartest work! Unfortunately, this book succeeds only in delivering that message and being mildly humorous. There are other fractured fairy tales that are funnier and meatier than this slight gimmick.

Read on July 07, 2015

Great one for the 4-7 age range (I think, I'm terrible at figuring out the appropriate age for picture books...).

Cat is reading a book and Dog wants to know what the book is about. As Cat begins explaining about "Little Red Riding Hood", Dog has a lot of hilarious opinions, observations, and guesses about what's going on.

Very funny!

Cat tries to read aloud "Little Red Riding Hood" while Dog insists on turning it into an action/adventure tale of superhero vs. supervillain. A good example of metafiction and great, cheeky fun.