What is it?
Red Riding Hood
Who wrote it?
Lucy Cousins
Where can it be
found?
in Yummy: My Favourite Nursery Stories by Lucy Cousins
Adaptation?
Not so much adaptation as abbreviation, or brief re-write.
My thoughts in
exactly 10 words:
Like Cousins’ illustrations, this version is bright, bold
and succinct.
Extended thoughts:
People may know Lucy Cousin’s Maisy, who is painted in
bright primary colours. If anything, the illustrations in Yummy are slightly
looser, without losing the appeal of being solid and engaging. The written text
is pared back to be bear minimum, in exactly the same way her illustrations are
without losing the essence of the story. You can tell that Lucy Cousins had fun
with this collection, because it is so much fun to read. It’s as if she kept
the main plot points and got rid of all the frills, which makes them perfect,
short reads for young children.
Favourite Quote:
“He chopped the wolf open and out stepped Grandma and Little
Red Riding Hood. “Hooray!” they cried. Then they are up the food in the basket
and lived happily ever after.”
Moral of the story in
my own words:
Don’t divulge your destination to furry faced strangers.
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