Illustrator Sybille Schenker presents a new twist on this famous fairy tale, written originally by either Charles Parrault or the Brothers Grimm. This version has been translated from the German by Anthea Bell, who brings the tale up to date with some contemporary usage. Red Riding Hood is referred to throughout the pages as Little Red Cap and when her mother tells her to go and see grandmother she says: "...and when you reach her house, don't forget to say good morning, and don't go poking about in every corner!"
What interested me about the book are Schenker's illustrations and design for several laser cut pages. This allows for the next page to be visible through the cutout shapes, also several pages are colored rather than white. The front cover has the title, in an old fashioned script, laser cut and to protect some of the delicate letter shapes the publisher's have provided a clear plastic jacket.
I thought it was clever visual interpretation of this children's classic and Schenker has designed two other titles (The Frog Prince and Hansel and Gretel) from the same publisher.
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