{"product_id":"little-red-riding-hood-and-the-dragon-9781419737282","title":"Little Red Riding Hood and the Dragon","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Ying Compestine reimagines the classic fairy tale \"Little Red Riding Hood\" from a Chinese perspective\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy now, you have probably heard the old folk tale about a girl in a red cape.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe truth is that the story took place here in China, there wasn't a woodsman, and I, the gentle wolf, certainly was not the one who ate them.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere is the real story.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is not the story you \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e you know. In this version of the classic fairy tale, Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall and trains in kung fu. When she ventures to her grandmother's to deliver rice cakes and herbal medicine, she encounters something much more fearsome than a wolf--a mighty dragon. With her wits and a sword in hand, Little Red must valiantly defend herself and her grandmother in this vibrant retelling from Ying Chang Compestine and Joy Ang. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An author's note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology, symbolism, traditional medicine, and other elements of Compestine's heritage. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419737282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48","brand":"Ying Chang Compestine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42362492387509,"sku":"9781419737282","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b9700a01-86c5-40d9-ad21-bab27599b02b.jpg?v=1662436213","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/little-red-riding-hood-and-the-dragon-9781419737282","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}