Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780399216190 (0399216197)
ASIN: 9780399216190
Publish date: 28-11-1989
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
It's not very often that a picture book can fill me with a sense of dread as this one did. Honestly, I kept thinking, 'this is a book for children - it's all going to be okay in the end....right?' There is something unspeakably eerie about this book - the combination of narrative and illustrations...
*Incomplete Review-redo when reread*There is not much I can say about this book other than the fact that I was not impressed. I remember being desperate to read this. The idea of reading a well known fairy tale from another country was amazing to me at that age. I checked it of the library, sat down...