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32 pp.
| WestWinds
| May, 2003
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TradeISBN 1-55868-683-5$$15.95
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PaperISBN 1-55868-684-3$$8.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Evon Zerbetz.
Starring a red snapper and a wolf eel, this Red Riding Hood take-off reverses the traditional moral when Red, Wolf Eel, and Grandma sit down together for a meal: "Both ignorance and loathing / Can make us fear potential friends / Disguised in wolf-eel clothing." Like the handsome linoleum block prints, the rhyme has plenty of humorous touches, but the surprise ending doesn't quite make sense, even for a parody.