Compestine Ying - Little Red Riding Hood And The Dragon - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: In Little Red Riding Hood and the Dragon award - winning author Ying Chang Compestine reimagines the classic fairy tale from a Chinese perspective filled with action and humor with stunning color illustrations by Joy Ang. By now you have probably heard the old folk tale about a girl in a red cape. The truth is that the story took place here in China there wasn t a woodsman and I the gentle wolf certainly was not the one who ate them. Here is the real story. This is not the story you think you know. In this version of the classic fairy tale Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall and trains in kung fu. When she ventures to her grandmother's to deliver rice cakes and herbal medicine she encounters something much more fearsome than a wolf a mighty dragon. With her wits and a sword in hand Little Red must valiantly defend herself and her grandmother in this vibrant retelling. An author's note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology symbolism traditional medicine and other elements of Compestine's heritage.
Title: Little Red Riding Hood And The Dragon
Author(s): Compestine Ying, Joy Ang
Publisher: Abrams
Barcode: 9781419737282
Pages: 48 Pages, Full-Color Illustrations Throughout
Publication Date: 11/1/2022
Category: Traditional Stories (Children's / Teenage)