Rascal’s version of Little Red Riding Hood is a postmodern retelling of the classic fairy tale. The picturebook evokes the minimalist graphics of an early video game, using simple iconic depictions of symbols from the fairy tale to challenge the reader to tie together the sequence of events into a narrative. This work can be used alongside the other wordless retelling of this tale: Caperucita Roja [Red Riding Hood], published in Spain. Young people can consider, in their cultural artefacts, how to concentrate a narrative into a set visual sequence, and how this interacts upon the prior knowledge of the reader.
