Review by Booklist Review
Little Red Riding Hood is on her way to Grandma's house when she encounters an especially wily wolf who warns her of the dangers in the woods like sharks. And we're off, through slightly unfamiliar terrain as poor, bumbling Wolf gets trapped outdoors wearing Grandma's nightgown, which results in case after case of mistaken identity. First, there's the huntsman, who's lost his glasses, and then seven dwarfs sporting swim trunks on their way to the creek none of them recognize him for the terrifying creature he truly is. Wolf struggles to get out of the clinging nightie to no avail. When Little Red eventually reappears, the starving wolf leaps! And Red bursts out laughing, complimenting Grandma on her marvelous mask. The final scene shows the poor, defeated wolf, who has tripped on the hem of the nightie and broken all of his teeth, being helped out of the pesky garment by Little Red. The text is sprinkled with quaint vocabulary, and the bright, bold illustrations add plenty of humor. The one possibly frightening scene where the wolf actually attacks is somewhat mitigated due to his fuzzy pink nightgown. The Big Bad Wolf really gets his comeuppance in this delightful and fresh retelling, a worthy addition to the fractured fairy tale canon.--Kathleen McBroom Copyright 2019 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
The hapless wolf, who stars in the late Ramos's previous comedies, returns in this "Little Red Riding Hood" send-up. Bold ink lines and forest-hued wash put the pint-size girl across the woodland path from the wolf's bristly fur and sharp incisors. In Burgess's fine translation, they greet each other with commendable civility, then move into repartee. "You could meet some ferocious creature... like a shark!" the wolf warns, but the girl is sanguine: "Everyone knows there are no sharks in the woods." Though Grandma's not at home, Mr. Wolf slips successfully into her nightgown; amusement ensues when he gets locked out and encounters the rest of the fairy tale crowd. The three pigs, the seven dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty's prince-each one has a word for the bonneted wolf. What happens when Red Riding Hood succeeds in freeing the wolf from his humiliating nightwear? Readers don't get to find out, but watching a villain's plans disintegrate is always a winning formula. Ages 4-7. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Horn Book Review
The Big Bad Wolf's plan to eat Little Red Riding Hood backfires in this hilarious, fresh twist on the familiar tale. Ramos's cartoon illustrations are appropriately dramatic, showing the wolf as a large, dark, menacing shape until he dons Grandma's pink nightie and locks himself out in it, leading to humorous encounters. Grandma's nightgown has rarely looked so good--or provided so much comic relief. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
The Big Bad Wolf ends up hoist by his own petardor to be more precise, Grandma's nightie.Having received proper comeuppance twice before, in I Am So Strong (2011) and I Am So Handsome (2012), the self-congratulatory wolf once again has a great falldashing ahead of Little Red Riding Hood, finding Grandma absent, and, after donning her nightie for a disguise, managing to lock himself out of the cottage. The disguise proves so good that a hunter, three little pigs, seven dwarves ("Hi ho! Hi ho! / Off to the creek we go. / It's far too hot / to work a lot / hi ho, hi ho, hi ho"), and other familiar passers-by fail to recognize him. Struggling but failing to take the nightie off, the enraged wolf at last takes a leap at Little Redonly to trip over the hem (see "great fall," above): "No iff not funny!" he wails. "I've broken all my teeff! And I'm twapped in diff terrible dweff!" The tale ends rather abruptly with the unflappable Little Red offering to unbutton the nightie, but the wolf's travails and, in the final scene, hangdog expression will leave readers feeling at least a little sympathy for the beleaguered baddie. Human figures (and dwarves) are white in the informally drawn cartoon illustrations.Poor wolf can't catch a breakmuch less a meal. (Picture book. 6-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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