A cajun red riding hood, and cartooning for kids, and more on. Mikes books include nationally recognized lifttheflap board books. Readers are challenged to find a little mouse that appears in each picture and watches all of the goingson. Everyone called her petite rouge because of the little red cloak and bonnet that she was always seen wearing. The best known of his tales include le petit chaperon rouge little red. Petite rouge picture puffin books by mike artell paperback. 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. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library children s library. Mike artell books list of books by author mike artell. Charles perrault was a french author and member of the academie francaise.
Mike artell has written and illustrated dozens of picture books, word play books, how to books, science books and cartooning books for children. 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. 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. Big bad gator claude will do anything to have a taste of petite rouge. Mike has also written and illustrated teacher and parent resource books more about mike artell. 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. See all books authored by mike artell, including petite rouge. Petite rouge on location in louisiana with illustrator. Expert authorities recommended against a cajun coon in a childrens fairytale story. A cajun red riding hood by mike artell, jim harris. Petite rouge on location in louisiana with illustrator jim harris.
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