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Carmine
A Little More Red
By Sweet, Melissa
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61838-794-6
- Publisher
- Houghton
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2005
PreS-Gr 2 A fetching retelling of -Little Red Riding Hood - that also works as an effective alphabet book. When Grandmother makes alphabet soup, artistic young Carmine is always invited to lunch. Though told by her mother not to "dilly-dally", Carmine, wearing the traditional red cloak and accompanied by her dog, Rufus, is a chronic dawdler. As she stops to make a painting of some "exquisite" poppies for her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2005
"Red Riding Hood" is updated in an abecedarian version. As dedicated artist Carmine bikes to Granny's for alphabet soup ("beware of dangers"; "don't dilly-dally"), she's diverted by exquisite poppies and stops to paint Granny a picture; only faithful dog Rufus senses danger lurking. And so on, with some alphabetical choices less apt than others ("No one really has...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
