Jo Franklin

The Twisted Fairy Tale series keep coming with a marvelous adaption of Little Red Riding Hood, except this time she's quite rude! Little Rude looks mischievous and mean and says mean things as well! Once she gets her little, red jacket on she goes for a walk to her Grandma's house and bumps into Mr. Wolf and other creatures in the forest.

I absolutely love the art style of this series. It's whimsy, bright and soft. I also totally adore re-tellings of fairy tales, so this book was just what I was looking for.

The overall theme of being nice and kind is a lovely point to make. I like that this series includes themes like this into the original fairy tales. It also made for quite an interesting spin on Little Red Riding Hood that I did not expect!

Again, my only criticism of this series is that the copies I get have a table of contents. I don't think books this short require one, but that's just my personal opinion and taste.

Four out of five stars!

I received this book for free through NetGalley.… (mer)

This is the most margarine kids book I've read in ages. It was cute and all but not even slightly memorable.

Basic premise: kid feels like he doesn't fit in his family or school, sister tells him he's an alien, a couple of coincidences convince him its true, he tries to return to his home planet with the help of two sidekicks, havoc ensues, he and sis have to save thier parents and they bond, friends prove thier value, kid feels connected to humanity, everyone lives happily ever after. A plot twist or two would have been nice. This is another one of those books in search of an editor.

I recieved this book as a FirstReads giveaway (which makes me feel bad for not liking it more).… (mer)