"It was winter, and the river winding through the enchanted forest was frozen solid." And that means perfect skating weather for Little Red Gliding Hood. As the red-hooded skater swizzles and twizzles down the frozen river, she spots a sign advertising a "Pairs Skating Competition," and the prize is brand-new skates. She needs new skates--hers are worn out, partly from skating to her Grandma's house every Sunday. Little Red needs a skating partner, too, but when she asks Old MacDonald, he doesn't answer, he just slips and falls: "E-I-E-I-ouch!" As Little Red continues her search, (would Baby Bear be "just right?"), young readers familiar with nursery rhymes, fables and fairy tales will revel in all the clever references. Just as she's about to ask one of the Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf shows up... "EEK!" Turns out, he's not so bad. They win the skating competition--and new skates!--and everyone lives happily ever after. Troy Cummings's fun, cartoonish, deliciously colorful artwork spins and jumps. --Karin Snelson, children's editor, Shelf Awareness