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Little Red Riding Hood

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And I've worked with amazing illustrators on picture books, including a retelling of the Scottish tale of the kelpie, The Secret of the Kelpie, with gorgeous pictures by Philip Longson, and a new fable about Nessie, The Treasure of the Loch Ness Monster, with fabulous artwork by Nataša Ilinčić. about the author: Lari Don was born in Chile and brought up in Scotland. She has worked in politics and for the BBC, but now spends her time passing on old stories and making up new ones. She is a traditional storyteller, as well as an award-winning children's author, whose love of myths, legends and fables inspires her fiction. Lari lives in Edinburgh and has also written the Animal Stories series for Barefoot Books. about the artist: Celia Chauffrey is an artist with a wonderful imagination. She has illustrated many books for children and young adults with characters and compositions that are always unexpected, fascinating and emotive. Celia paints in a light-filled room in her home town of Lyon, France. This is her first project with Barefoot Books. about the narrator: Imelda Staunton is an English actress best known for her roles in the Harry Potter film series (in which she played Professor Umbridge), the TV comedy Up the Garden Path and the film Vera Drake. As the title character in Vera Drake, Imelda garnered BAFTA and Venice Film Festival awards for best actress in a leading role, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She has also narrated The Kite Princess for Barefoot Books. But I'm also reading... I read a lot of non-fiction, because a lot of my fictional ideas are inspired by folklore and history. I also read a lot of children’s fiction, because kids get all the best stories! And sometimes I remember how old I am, and read books for adults. I've written collections of myths and legends, including heroine tales from all over the world in Girls Goddesses & Giants, and Scottish tales in Breaking the Spell and Viking saga tales in The Dragon's Hoard, both illustrated by the wonderful Cate James.

I’m really proud of this book – it’s a big responsibility telling such a well-known story, and I think it’s turned out fine (because how wrong can you go with cakes, a wolf, and a classy French artist…?)I'm a children's writer based in Scotland, and most of my fiction is inspired by the Scottish landscape and local legends. I love writing fantasy adventures for 8-12 year olds, including the Fabled Beast Chronicles and the Spellchasers trilogy, but I also love creating stories for other age groups. Scots children's author Lari Don, who is probably best known for her First Aid for Fairies fantasy series for older children, turns here to the work of the Brothers Grimm, retelling that classic fairy-tale of a little girl on her way to her grandmother's cottage in the woods, and the big bad wolf she meets along the way. Although no source material is included, it is clear from the ending (in which Granny and Little Red Riding Hood are rescued by a passing woodsman) that this is the Grimm version, rather than the earlier variant written by Charles Perrault, which contained no such rescue. The illustrations in this retelling are done by French artist Célia Chauffrey, who also worked on the recently translated picture-book Peter and the Moon, while the accompanying CD contains a narration of the story done by actress Imelda Staunton. The wolf bounded up to the bed, opened his mouth WIDE and swallowed Granny in one big gulp. She vanished, right into his belly, slippers and glasses and all!”

I'm passionate about sharing old stories, creating new ones, and inspiring new young readers and writers. And I'm writing more adventures and retelling more myths, right now!

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