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Marcantonio, Patricia Santos.
RED RIDIN' IN THE HOOD : AND OTHER CUENTOS
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
IL 3-6, RL 6.1
ISBN 0374362416
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 Wow.  You are probably very familiar with the story of Little Red Riding Hood.  And Beauty and the Beast.  How about Snow White?  Well, these tales have been totally retold in this collection of fairy tales.  Take the traditional tales and move the setting to the American Southwest and change the main characters to Latinos and you have the basis for this collection of tales.  Come along and enjoy all 11 tales as you have never heard them before.
SUBJECTS:     Fairy tales.
                        Hispanic Americans -- Fiction.
                        Short stories.
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