Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood

Big Bad Gator Claude will do anything to have a taste of Petite Rouge...even if it means putting on a duck bill, flippers, and frilly underwear. He presents no match for the spunky heroine and her quick-thinking cat TeJean, though, as they use some strong Cajun hot sauce to teach Claude a lesson he will never forget

The combination of hilarious rhyme and exaggerated art creates a highly original retelling of the classic fairy tale. A pronunciation guide/glossary accompanies a tempting dialect that begs to be read aloud or acted out again and again. This is Little Red Riding Hood as she's never been seen before: Cajun and ducky.

Author: Mike Artell
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 05/01/2001
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780803725140
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 62003 / Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood


Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Winner
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 04/15/2001 pg. 581
Publishers Weekly 05/07/2001 pg. 246
Ingram Children's Advance 05/01/2001 pg. 43
School Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 100
Booklist 07/01/2001 pg. 2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 341 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Multicultural Review 03/01/2002 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 341 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Mike Artell is an award-winning children's book author, illustrator and television cartoonist. Mike's books include nationally recognized lift-the-flap board books for small children and non-fiction books for older children. Mike has also written and illustrated teacher and parent resource books on subjects as diverse as ecology, parties, drawing and young authorship. In addition to his work as an author and illustrator, Mike also has extensive experience as:

- A musician who plays guitar, bass, keyboard and blues harmonica.
- A storyteller who regularly performs original poems and tales.
- A newspaper editorial cartoonist.
- A magazine and greeting card writer and cartoonist.
- A keynote speaker for major educational conferences.
- A marketing consultant/board member for several high technology companies.
- The host of his own television cartooning show.

Each year, Mike shares his books and his writing/drawing techniques with thousands of students at dozens of schools across the country. During that same year, Mike typically writes and illustrates 2 books, conducts 6 teacher workshops, addresses 10 educational conferences and visits 6 libraries or children's museums.

Mike also conducts author/illustrator in residence programs at schools. Mike has personally guided more than 4,000 students through the process of writing and illustrating their own picture books. For this work, Mike was recognized by the Northshore (LA) chapter of the International Reading Association for exemplary service in the promotion of literacy.

Several of Mike's books have been award-winners. Most recently, Mike's astronomy book for children, Starry Skies, was named a 1998 Best Science Book For Children by Science Books and Films magazine, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mike's books have also been named Pick of the Lists by Publisher's Weekly, Top 100 by Curriculum Administrator Magazine and Teacher's Choice by Learning Magazine.