Review: Updated fairy tales.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
This was a free download of a preview story from Newfangled Fairy Tales. It says the target age group is 7 to 13 year old boys and girls. I miss that target by 3 decades or so.The author said that classic fairy tales never really made sense to him when his mother read them. What Prince would want a Princess who complained about a single pea under 20 mattresses for example? So he wrote some updated versions. This one is Red Riding Hood's story.It is fun. I can still see how it could cause a kid to go, "But what about...". But it does get rid of a lot of the problems from the original. I laughed out loud when the Big Bad Wolf worried about Red since she couldn't seem to realize he wasn't really her grandmother even after several visits.Being a fan of the Fables comic book series, I can appreciate new takes on classic characters. I think this book would appeal to a much larger audience than the target group (especially if they are as good as this story.) Parents will be able to laugh along with their kids as they read these bedtime stories.