Picture This: Little Roja Riding Hood

Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Susan Guevara

I think you all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, Susan Middleton Elya has written a modernized one with fun rhyming and rhythm, the incorporation of Spanish words, Hispanic cultural references, and a gutsy Red Riding Hood that doesn't need anyone else to save her. Susan Guevara, who just won a well-deserved Pura Belpre illustrator honor, has created fun, lively illustrations to match. Red Riding wears a patterned cape and cowboy boots, while her mother watches telenovelas in the background. That house has a satellite dish on top and a Jesus figure inside.Three blind mice follow Red Riding through the story, as do trouble-making duendas, or trickster elves. Lots of fun.