Genre: Children’s lit
Medium: Hardcover
Synopsis: In this retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, Flossie is sent down a trail to deliver some eggs. Only, the trickster fox is a very, very big fan of eggs…how will Flossie succeed when he keeps trying to get what’s in her basket?
Review: This book is so entertaining, and if you read it as a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, it plays on some very fun archetypes. Take Flossie for instance–instead of saying, “My, what big eyes you have!,” she articulates that well, just because you have a tail doesn’t mean you’re a fox, because after all, other animals have tails, too. And the fox can easily be read as a retelling of a wolf, or as the archetypal trickster fox who is outwitted by somebody who is more clever than he.
Basically, Flossie is this inquisitive girl who knows what she’s doing. She’s smart, witty, and has a lot of spunk. She’s a great protagonist for a children’s book, and I’d definitely recommend this to anybody who likes fairy tale-esque books.
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