Little Red: A Howlingly Good Fairy Tale with a Twist

Description

Little Red: A Howlingly Good Fairy Tale with a Twist

Author: Lynn Roberts

Reading age: Year 2

Summary: This highly imaginative and unusual spin on the Little Red Riding Hood is set in the late eighteenth century – a time of big wigs, satin gowns, powdered faces and wicked highwaymen!

Illustrated by David Roberts, of Iggy Peck, Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer fame, Little Red is the story of a boy, a grandmother, a big bad wolf, and a keg of delicious ginger beer.

Young Thomas is known as Little Red. He lives with his parents in a cosy inn, famous for its sweet and fizzy ginger beer. Every week, Little Red visits his grandmother with food and a barrel of the ginger beer. But on this visit, grandma doesn’t quite look herself. Can Little Red save Grandma, and himself, from the big bad wolf?

Star rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  5/5

Recommended by Grammarsaurus – click here to discover more about their incredible NEW curriculum