As a classroom teacher, I am always looking for new, entertaining books for my class. This book is well-written in the Cajun dialect and exposes children to the Cajun culture while entertaining them with a different version of Little Red Riding Hood. It is best read aloud, and is just as fun for the adult to read as for the child. I would (and have) recommended this book for anyone looking for a new twist to the traditional Little Red Riding Hood story.

This book is truly beloved in our household. It's everybody's favorite. If I'm reading it to my kindergartner, my middle-schooler will drift into the room to sit on the bed and listen, even though she's heard it a hundred times. It's a hilarious, affectionate re-telling of the fairy tale, and it's as southern as the Spanish moss and shrimp etouffee, gumbo and gator-filled swamps that sprawl across its pages. Petite Rouge (a duck) turns out to be quite a bit feistier than her traditional fairy-tale counterpart. She stands up to Claude (a gator) and manages to outwit him in a thoroughly southern denouement. The illustrations are warm and expressive and every bit as funny and delightful as the text. A book like this is a gift; enjoy it!

Petite Rouge is a side-splitting, knee-slapping version of Little Red Riding Hood with a Cajun flare. As a 1st grade teacher I am always looking for great books to read aloud to my class and this is the best one I have come across in a long time. Petite Rouge just begs to be read aloud. Don't be intimidated by the way the Cajun dialect is written, the words end up rolling off your tongue. You will sound like you were born in the Bayou when you read this one.

Nifty cartoons and accurate astronomy. Fun to read for a 7 year old. What more can you ask for?

I bought this for my five year old grandson. But I kept it formyself and just ordered another copy for Jacob. It's not like Sagan,but as clever and entertaining as if written by Schulz.

This repetitive, rhyming book is great for very young children (1-2 years of age). My grandchildren quickly learned to say, "Who said Moo, was it you? and learned to identify animals. Wish it could be reprinted.