{"product_id":"little-red-riding-hood-and-the-dragon-by-ying-compestine-9781419737282","title":"Little Red Riding Hood and the Dragon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Ying Compestine reimagines the classic fairy tale \u003ci\u003eLittle Red Riding Hood\u003c\/i\u003e from a Chinese perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy now, you have probably heard the old folk tale about a girl in a red cape. The 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. Here is the real story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not the story you think 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn author’s note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology, symbolism, traditional medicine, and other elements of Compestine’s heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46995664634092,"sku":"9781419737282","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13140353482693.jpg?v=1763117652","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/little-red-riding-hood-and-the-dragon-by-ying-compestine-9781419737282","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}