Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood

Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding HoodBig Bad Gator Claude will do anything to have a taste of Petite Rouge even if it means putting on a duck bill, flippers, and frilly underwear. He presents no match for the spunky heroine and her quick thinking cat TeJean, though, as they use some strong Cajun hot sauce to teach Claude a lesson he will never forget The combination of hilarious rhyme and exaggerated art creates a highly original retelling of the classic fairy tale. A pronunciation guide

Big Bad Gator Claude will do anything to have a taste of Petite Rouge...even if it means putting on a duck bill, flippers, and frilly underwear. He presents no match for the spunky heroine and her quick-thinking cat TeJean, though, as they use some strong Cajun hot sauce to teach Claude a lesson he will never forget

The combination of hilarious rhyme and exaggerated art creates a highly original retelling of the classic fairy tale. A pronunciation guide/glossary accompanies a tempting dialect that begs to be read aloud or acted out again and again. This is Little Red Riding Hood as she's never been seen before: Cajun and ducky.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 05/01/2001
ISBN: 9780803725140
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.30w x 0.50d
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 04/15/2001 pg. 581
Publishers Weekly 05/07/2001 pg. 246
Ingram Children's Advance 05/01/2001 pg. 43
School Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 100
Booklist 07/01/2001 pg. 2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 341 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Multicultural Review 03/01/2002 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 341 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 62003 / Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5