Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood

Big Bad Gator Claude will do anything to have a taste of Petite Rouge...even if it means putting on a duck bill, flippers, and frilly underwear. He presents no match for the spunky heroine and her quick-thinking cat TeJean, though, as they use some strong Cajun hot sauce to teach Claude a lesson he will never forget

The combination of hilarious rhyme and exaggerated art creates a highly original retelling of the classic fairy tale. A pronunciation guide/glossary accompanies a tempting dialect that begs to be read aloud or acted out again and again. This is Little Red Riding Hood as she's never been seen before: Cajun and ducky.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 05/01/2001
ISBN: 9780803725140
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.30w x 0.50d
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 04/15/2001 pg. 581
Publishers Weekly 05/07/2001 pg. 246
Ingram Children's Advance 05/01/2001 pg. 43
School Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 100
Booklist 07/01/2001 pg. 2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 341 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Multicultural Review 03/01/2002 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 341 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62003 / Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5