After his recent death, I wanted to do a book with Kate that paid homage to Jerry Pinkney. But having already done Mirandy and Brother Wind and Sam and the Tigers, I thought I might go in a different direction today. Now Jerry was a huge fan of fairy tales, and Little Red Riding Hood has always stood out to me as one of his more interesting books. Setting the book in winter was a fascinating choice, maybe even a challenge, for the artist. The storyline is very faithful to the original Grimm ...
Published on November 21, 2021 21:00