#894 of 1001 · January 11, 2023

A darkened home lies ahead. The gate, the door, the rooms within—all seem familiar and yet something is very wrong. Ponder this eerie scenario as you enjoy Sarah Moon’s unique interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood. Accompanying the text are rich black-and-white photographs, which grant the tale a startling modernity. The brick walls and cobblestone streets with embedded rails suggest a midcentury urban environment. While the young heroine takes center stage in the dreamy sequence of images, the wolf appears toward the end in monstrous silhouette. A note for folklore enthusiasts: The story is drawn from Charles Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood, published in his 1697 Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé, avec des Moralités. Accordingly, the girl winds up dead at the conclusion, and that is that. #little #red #grandmother #wolf #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbook #beautifulbooks #beautifulbookcover #beautifulbookcovers #picturebook #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #picturebookillustrations #picturebookart #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks