Description
“Grandmother, what big eyes you have!” The whole classroom shrieks in delighted terror as Mademoiselle Arnaud reads the famous line, her voice dropping low and wolfish. Twenty small faces are turned up toward her, some hiding behind their fingers, some edging closer. Outside it is raining, and inside the radiators tick and hiss. Not one child moves until the woodcutter arrives, and then, with enormous relief, they all cheer.
This lovely box is shaped like an open storybook, its pages painted with the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. Charles Perrault first set the story down in France in the seventeenth century, and it has been told at bedtime ever since. The box makes a charming gift for a librarian, a teacher, a new baby’s bookshelf, or anyone who still remembers the shiver of that famous wolf. On a shelf among real books, it looks perfectly at home.
The particulars
- Shaped like a storybook lying open
- Painted with scenes from Little Red Riding Hood
- Slim profile of about 2.75″ x 2″ x 0.5″
- A charming accent for a bookshelf or nursery
- Fashioned by Rochard in Limoges
- Its storybook colours applied by hand on French porcelain
Pair it with a beautifully illustrated copy of the fairy tale for a gift that encourages a lifelong love of reading. Book lovers of every age will smile at it.
