Charles perrault was a french author and member of the academie francaise. Mike has also written and illustrated teacher and parent resource books more about mike artell. Petite rouge picture puffin books by mike artell paperback. In the book petite rouge, little red riding hood is a cajun girl from. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. A cajun red riding hood, and cartooning for kids, and more on. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library children s library. Narrator vernel bagneris has the creole accent down to an art, and helps put the reader in a bayou, somewhere in the south, where the big, bad wolf is now a mean swamp gator, and little red riding hood is now known as petite rouge, who has her cat tejean with her for company as she travels to grandmeres house. Petite rouge on location in louisiana with illustrator jim harris.
His book petite rouge a cajun red riding hood was named 2009 read aloud book of the year by the national association of elementary school principals. The best known of his tales include le petit chaperon rouge little red. While the subject matter might feel dark, the book captures the resiliency of new orleans and of its children. Full text of the works of oliver goldsmith, illustr. Full text of pitmans shorthand dictionary microform. Full text of zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library children s library. Readers are challenged to find a little mouse that appears in each picture and watches all of the goingson.
Mike artell has written and illustrated dozens of picture books, word play books, how to books, science books and cartooning books for children. Petite rouge on location in louisiana with illustrator. A cajun red riding hood by mike artell is a twist on a wellknown classic, except that our wolf is really an alligator named claude and petite rouge little red in french is a duck. Artell starry skies sets his funky, rhyming retelling in the louisiana swamp, where a young duck named petite rouge sets out to bring her ailing grandme. By mike artell illustrated by jim harris published by penguin books copyright mike artell, 2001 i make these videos to share with my kids so. Petite rouge is a goose in this version, with a perky cat, tejean, for a companion. In the book petite rouge, little red riding hood is a cajun girl from louisiana, where lots of people speak french at least part of the time. A cajun red riding hood by mike artell, jim harris.
Everyone called her petite rouge because of the little red cloak and bonnet that she was always seen wearing. Mikes books include nationally recognized lifttheflap board books for small children and nonfiction books for older children. Expert authorities recommended against a cajun coon in a childrens fairytale story. Big bad gator claude will do anything to have a taste of petite rouge.
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