This 86-page picture book begins the tale of Little Red Riding Hood innocently enough: Mama tells Rosie her granny is ill, and Rosie must hurry over with cake to cheer her up. But will Rosie wear her “coziest (faux) fur coat,” or her “favorite red cape?”
It’s up to you, the reader, to decide!
If you pick the coat, you’ll turn to page 20, where new decisions await. Does Rosie knock on the fine, blue door of an unfamiliar house she finds along her path? Or does she hurry to Gran’s instead? Each of her two choices leads to new story possibilities.
However, if you pick the cape, Rosie encounters the wolf along the path, which leads to another decision and even more story possibilities.
This interactive picture book is humorously told by a narrator who alternates between bouncy, rhyming exposition and commentary—peppered with just the right amount of snark—about the myriad decisions being posed. The watercolor and Photoshop illustrations have a comic/graphic novel-style feel that use lots of dramatic angles to amp up the fun, and the large trim-size makes for an impressive presentation.
A hunter, a boy in underpants, and plenty of fairy tale character cameos are all part of the strange, ever-changing adventures to be had within ENDLESSLY EVER AFTER’s covers. With all of the story combinations to pore over, you may never read this book the same way twice!
--Lynn
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