By:
Sarah Ferguson
The Duchess of York
Illustrated by:
Sam Williams
This quaint little story starts out on a windy day. We find Little Red and Little Blue playing
with fallen leaves, while the children are heading to the Great Harvest
Festival. Little Red finds herself face
to face with tiny little mice. Realizing
that the mice are quite scared of her, she decides to shrink herself to their
size using magic dust. She is happy to
realize that the little mice are heading to the Great Harvest Festival
also. She decides to help the little
mice find the Festival. All the while,
Little Blue is looking for Little Red.
During the search for Little Red, the search party realizes that the forest
is turning some splendid but unnatural colors.
They soon see a squirrel with Little Red’s sack of magic smiles. The magic dust was spilling all over the
forest. Finally, Little Blue was able to get the sack away from the squirrel
and return him and Red to their normal size and the Great Harvest Festival
continued with glee.
Personally, I did not enjoy the book it was culturally to different for
me. It seemed to be all over the place
without a single them. However, the book
about Little Red and her adventures are best sellers. So don’t take my word for it try one for
yourself and see if Little Red fits your taste.
This sight has a whole list of picture books including “Little Red’s
Autumn Adventure".
I justi finished adding a theme about autumn/fall to my annotated bibliographies and this one would fit right in! This is a really cute story to use around the season. I love books that can get kids into the spirit of the seasons and the holidays and ones that express how time, activities, clothing, animals, and etc change as the year progresses. I feel taht it is important for kids to learn about this. Cute book!
ReplyDeleteThis book seems great for fall! I think if a book is all over the place it may be good for children beause their minds are all over the place too! haha
ReplyDeleteI didn't really like this book either, however it might have been the tone that you read it to us. However, I do think that this would be a good book for seasons more than holidays, which are what books tend to be about.
ReplyDeleteI did really enjoy the pictures.
I looked at the pictures of this book one day in class and really enjoyed them. Even though the story line seemed jumbled it's always a good idea to reinforce the need for beautiful and captivationg illustrations!
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