The main plot of Tales From the Hood, the sixth book in the Sisters Grimm series, is the trial of Mr. Canis for the Big Bad Wolf's murder of Red Riding Hood's grandmother. Bluebeard is the prosecutor. The Mad Hatter is the judge. The Sherwood Group layers are the defense attorneys - not that they're being allowed to conduct a proper defense.

We get to see insane Little Red Riding Hood, the villain of book three, The Problem Child again. Nurse Sprat (yes, Jack Sprat's wife) is terrified of her, and no wonder. Still, aside from Horace Hatchett, whose bragging testimony as the heroic woodsman who saved Red Riding Hood (and, of course, the Big Bad Wolf), she's the only one alive who was there that day.
Well, that's what was thought. It turns out the fairy tale left out the other woodcutter, Tobias Clay. In fact, the real story is even more interesting than the classic version.

We also learn what the weapon is that lies in the safety deposit box to which Daphne has the key. It's the reason that Mr. Canis came to exist fifteen years ago.

A subplot is finding Goldilocks so her kiss can wake up Henry Grimm. That leads to some excitement in Venice and Paris.

Puck's security system for the family now that Canis is in jail provides several comic moments. His solution to Sabrina sneaking out at night was not particularly well thought out.

Jake Grimm and Briar Rose's romance is still going strong, although all is not well with the marriage of Beauty and the Beast. Belle turns out to have an interesting power not mentioned in her fairy tale. She also has sense enough to realize that the aims of the Scarlet Hand is the same nonsense that got the barrier around Ferryport Landing erected in the first place.

Sabrina and Daphne have a falling out that is all Sabrina's fault. Can the elder sister Grimm win back the younger's respect?

Things are getting even more dangerous for the Fairy Tale Detectives. What will the next book bring? ( )

Based on the classic lit fairy tales, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, 11 and seven years old are in Foster Care until they a woman claiming to be their Grandmother takes them into her home. A little like Steven Sondheim’s Into the Woods because it combines all of the fairy tales into one story ( )

I particularly liked Mr. Canis and Red Riding Hood in this book. Sabrina annoys me at this point. Like the others, they're enjoyable, but not ones i'll read again. They might be good to have in my classroom someday, though.

*Review written on September 1, 2014.* ( )

This book awed me it was a huge scary mystery that left two girls under the pressure to try and save their friend. It was funny at some parts of the book too. ( )

love it ( )