Red Riding Hood
"Dryly amusing, low-keyed pictures--showing a prim and innocent heroine and a sly, leering world--set the tone for a fresh version of a famous tale".--The Horn Book. Three-color illustrations.
"Dryly amusing, low-keyed pictures--showing a prim and innocent heroine and a sly, leering world--set the tone for a fresh version of a famous tale".--The Horn Book. Three-color illustrations.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689713736 (0689713738)
Publish date: May 1st 1990
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Pages no: 42
Edition language: English
What is even better than Gorey illustrations? Gorey with red highlights!Actually this wasn't Gorey at his best -- I was a little surprised it wasn't darker -- but I still enjoyed it. The rhyming text was very faithful to the original Grimm version, but fun and sly. It was sometimes a bit awkward, fe...