Red Riding Hood

 Title: Red Riding Hood

Retold and Illustrated by: James Marshall

Summary: Once upon a time there was a little girl named Red Riding Hood. She lived in a cottage in the woods with her mother. One day, her mother asked Red Riding Hood if she could take their grandmother a pie because she wasn't feeling so good. The little girl said yes and went on her way, but her mother made sure to tell her to not speak to any strangers. After walking for some time, Red Riding Hood was stopped by a big giant wolf. He wanted to talk to a little girl, but she remembered what her mother said. Wolf didn't want Red Riding Hood to leave so he pretended to be super nice to the little girl. He thought he could eat Red and the grandmother! He helped Red walk to his grandmother's house. Red got distracted on the way to their grandmother's house, and that's when the wolf escaped. The wolf made it to granny's house before Red, and at her all up! After, he got under grannys bed, waiting for Red to come by. After making it to granny's the wolf pretended to be the sick grandma and ate Red Riding Hood! Later on, a hunter came by and noticed how that wasn't granny in the house. He killed the wolf and cut him open to get granny and Red out of his belly. 

This was an interesting tale of Red Riding Hood. I absolutely loved this story when I was younger, but not this version. For one, at the end of the book, the words they used were a little too descriptive for a young reader in my opinion. For example, it says the hunter killed and cut open the wolf. I don't know if it was just me, but I didn't really like how they used those words in a children's book. Overall I give this a 2/5.