Little Red Riding Duck

by Charlotte Guillain, Dawn Beacon (Illustrations)

In Animal Fairy Tales, beautiful illustrations and simple text retell classic fairy tales from a new all the characters are animals! This book tells the story of Little Red Riding Duck's encounter with a big bad wolf while on a visit to Grandma's house.

Genres: Fairy Tales, Picture Books

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Charlotte Guillain has written over 100 books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her most well-known titles are the 'George's Amazing Adventures' picture book series, including 'Spaghetti with the Yeti' and 'Pizza for Pirates'. 'Spaghetti with the Yeti' was shortlisted for nine awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Before writing children's books, Charlotte worked as a bookseller, a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, and an editor.

Reviews

[Benjamin Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are lots of new and interesting books that take fairy tales to new places, flip them or add new wrinkles, often to comic effect. This, unfortunately, isn't one of them. Other than making the main character a duck in the title and illustrations, it really doesn't affect the story at all. It is just a straight telling of the Red Riding Hood story using pictures of a duck, I didn't even get any duck puns.

[Julee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Animal Fairy Tale series-A duck is little red riding hood in this simplified retelling of little red riding hood. Young readers will think it is humorous. I enjoyed the author note's detailing the origination of the fairy tale.

[Abby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Date Finished: 3/6/2018
Genre: Traditional Literature
Unique Feature: This is a spin off of The Little Red Riding Hood. It is in the form of a big book which makes it fun and engaging for students.
Grades used for: k-2nd grade

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was cute. I think this series is a good way to introduce the classic fairytales to kids of the new generation!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked it; the only problem I found was that it was very basic and short. It would be a better book for kids to read to themselves.

[Clarie Bennett]

This was a great twist on the story. The story line was the same, however, the main characters are ducks. I would use this to teach the art of storytelling and how stories are passed down from generation to generation.
I would also use this book to teach the kids to make their own short story.
I could also use this book to help the students learn the order of a story and then have them write their own.