Red Riding Hood

Another reworking of the old story with extra emphasis placed on not talking to strangers. The children enjoyed the zany illustrations and, once they were explained, the rather quaint idioms. Not 'feeling up to snuff' is now being dropped - oh so casually - into general conversation! For the very young it can be problematic when an author introduces changes into or tries to jazz up an established folk tale but in this case it does work most of the time - but we all felt that Red Riding Hood should also have said 'What big ears you've got, Grandma!' so I have had to add it in to any reading!