ONE DARK AND DREADFUL NIGHT
Randy Cecil, Author . Holt $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6779-8
Funny-bone-tickling text and merry illustrations merge in this crackerjack picture book, featuring hilarious send-ups of classic fairy tales and a cast of slightly subversive kids. Maestro Von Haughty—dastardly in a top hat and sinuous mustache—narrates "three tales of terror and misfortune" at the Wayward Orphans Theatre. But halfway through an adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, the lead actress decides she prefers princesses, butterflies and kittens to the towering, nasty wolf ("Hold it! I don't think I like the way this story is going"). Cecil (
Reviewed on: 08/09/2004
Release date: 08/01/2004
Genre: Children's