Parents' Guide to

Little Red Writing

By Regan McMahon, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 5+

Brilliant fairy tale twist has mega-fun with words.

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age 7+

Based on 1 parent review

age 7+

Great story once your child knows about parts of speech

The books refers to nouns, adjectives, and verbs. It went a little over the head of my 5 year old daughter, but my 8 year old son loved it. Beautifully illustrated.

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Kids say: Not yet rated

This is a fun twist on the familiar fairy tale and a word lover's delight, with buckets of vocabulary words and fun, silly characters scampering across Melissa Sweet's antic, engaging illustrations. The spot-on writing advice is good enough to inspire school lesson plans or creative writing projects at home. Yet the lighthearted tale also works as a fun adventure for little ones.

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