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3.0

This fairy tale retelling is the Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. While I've not read the Chinese version before, if Young's retelling is accurate there's some definite crossover (this must be an old story). There's still very much the "what big claws you have, Granny" effect going on, although the wolf dies in a very different way, with the three young sisters in no need of a huntsman when they've got their own brains to save them. The illustrations are attractive and dreamy, but none of them have the strength and punch of the cover image - primarily, I think, because it's in shades of red and orange and the illustrations inside tend more to pastels. I wish that cover aesthetic had stuck through the whole story!