{"product_id":"9781419737282","title":"Little Red Riding Hood and the Dragon","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Ying Compestine reimagines the classic fairy tale \"Little Red Riding Hood\" from a Chinese perspective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy now, you have probably heard the old folk tale about a girl in a red cape.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe truth is that the story took place here in China, there wasn’t a woodsman, and I, the gentle wolf, certainly was not the one who ate them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere is the real story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e This is not the story you \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e you know. In this version of the classic fairy tale, Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall and trains in kung fu. When she ventures to her grandmother’s to deliver rice cakes and herbal medicine, she encounters something much more fearsome than a wolf—a mighty dragon. With her wits and a sword in hand, Little Red must valiantly defend herself and her grandmother in this vibrant retelling from Ying Chang Compestine and Joy Ang.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e An author’s note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology, symbolism, traditional medicine, and other elements of Compestine’s heritage.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Ying Chang Compestine","offers":[{"title":"Abrams Books for Young Readers |  Hardback | With dust jacket |  2022-11-01","offer_id":44151707435263,"sku":"9781419737282","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_f50be2a5-1ce0-44f0-b3bb-71cb170b6d06.jpg?v=1657099558","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781419737282","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}