They eat butterflies don't they?

A butterfly version of little red riding hood, as ever the balance or lack of balance of power in this tale is the perfect metaphor for the woes of the world.

Little versions of little red.

The pupils of  at AMPTA Escuela Infantil El Tomillar, Torrelodones working with their teacher Virginia Pinto Benito Have been interpreting 'Little Red Riding Hood' after reading Adolfo Serra's version. It is wonderful to see their imaginations ignited by this classic tale.  Virginia compiled their illustrations into a film here is a selection of them.

Elise Bell

"The ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ lithograph poster was created in 2015, during a project exploring the broad concept of childhood. I began by taking inspiration from artistic images I’d been brought up with - in story books by the Brothers Grimm, and Roald Dahl’s ‘Revolting Rhymes’ - tales many parents comfortably read to their children, their sometimes gruesome plots considered simply ‘dark fairytales’.                                       In 2014 and 2015, the news was filled with real life horror stories affecting children around the world, the Ebola outbreak, the terror attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, and the assaults of Boko Haram - real life stories, however, stories we would shield from children.

I began creating whimsical images based on these reports, images fit for story books, but with tragic, true inspirations. The ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ image was made regarding the campaign launched in Nigeria after 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their hostels in Chibok, in April 2014. Some escaped by hiding in the Sambisa forest, but still, more than 1000 days on, 195 are still missing. Red being the campaign colours, and having traveled through the forest, the image depicts several red-hooded figures hiding amongst the branches - a nod at very well known fairytale." Elise Bell