Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion

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Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. The pages teem with digitized colors, textures, and photos, but the overall atmosphere is quiltlike and cozy. Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion is a cute retelling of an old and popular folktale, with a smart and fearless main character who teaches a lion a thing or two about manners. His books have been published in several languages including Welsh, French, German, Swedish, Italian, Hungarian and Chinese. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Little Red makes it past all sorts of animals on the way to her Auntie’s house until she stops for a little rest in the shade of a nearby tree. Prince Trunky is looking for a bride and all the girls in the neighbourhood are invited to his ball - but poor Cinderelephant is stuck at home cooking and cleaning for the Warty Sisters. Smith * "Great storytelling braided with lively color and a culturally affirming accent makes this book a real standout. It’s fun, subversive, and inspiring, showing children how to twist a tale, and use imagination to recreate old classics. Written in witty verse and accompanied by colourful illustrations, this wonderful contemporary tale is great to read aloud and ideal to show young children that stories have the power to take readers on all sorts of exciting, imaginative journeys.Booklist "Smith keeps the story zipping along, effectively using repeating phrases, story elements, and scenarios. Rather than conquering him, she tames him instead (after doing his hair and teeth and changing his clothes), and on the last page she is silhouetted playing skipping with the lion, her father and her poorly aunt (replacing the grandmother). Then again, she has to have her wits about her, for it seems he has designs on her as a main course! She walks under the giraffes, over the sleepy crocodiles, past the enormous elephants, and by the chattering monkeys. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly!

I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic! School library borrowers grappled to take this choice every week, and requested repeated readings and showings of the rib-tickling, spot-itching picture book. Smith's fun, bold art brings Little Red Riding Hood to life in a refreshing new way that will delight young readers.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It was such a pleasure to meet you both, and I really appreciated how smoothly and professionally you ran everything. This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally).