Wolf's Coming!

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Children's Literature - Peg Glisson
A bunny, held aloft by balloons, spots a nattily dressed wolf (think Jim Carey) walking through the forest as the shadows lengthen. With crow's help, bunny sounds the alarm, causing bunnies, raccoons, and pigs to scurry home as wolf comes closer and closer still, while his belly growls with hunger pangs. The animals turn off the lights, pull the shades, and quietly hide under furniture until the wolf opens the creaky door and peaks in—when they snap on the lights, and yell "Surprise!!!" It is Wolf's birthday and the animals have planned a party, complete with cake, pizza, and pin the tail on the donkey. Kukla's rhyming text reads well and builds with suspense but does not explain why these animals, usually targets of hungry wolves, are celebrating this one's birthday. No relationship between them is established. Wolf's eerie, somewhat leering, expression makes him seem on the prowl for food, and the animals all look fearful rather than eagerly hurrying to a surprise party. Certainly not a variant of The Three Pigs, this is a slight excuse for a birthday book.
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PreS-Gr 1
Suspense builds from the very first page of this new twist on the not-such-a-big-bad-wolf theme. The simple rhyming text describes the various ways in which the denizens of the forest prepare for Wolf's imminent arrival. With a powerful sense of impending doom, the absurdly anthropomorphized creatures frantically leap into action, ostensibly to protect their young: "Closer, CLOSER./Next to me./Pull the shade/so he can't see./WOLF'S COMING!" The ending will bring a huge sigh of comic relief as the reason for all the preparation is revealed. Saturated with color, the cartoonlike illustrations depict characters that are more human than animal, but will likely appeal to young children. With each turn of the page, the pictures grow progressively darker, helping to create and sustain the intended mood.
—Debbie Lewis O'DonnellCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781575059303
  • Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 2/1/2007
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 149,557
  • Age range: 4 - 8 Years
  • Lexile: 150L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 9.52 (w) x 11.24 (h) x 0.36 (d)

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  • Posted March 27, 2010

    adorable!

    The pictures and story are so cute! I was looking for a book to read in my 6 year olds class for her birthday & this was reccomended to me by a staff member- The kids loved it ! I had originally thought the birthday book by Dr. Suess would be fun but it is so long , I decided that for a kindergarten age attention span, this book was a much better fit! I highly reccomend it!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 29, 2008

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    I found this book at the library with my soon to be 4 year old grandson. He loves anything that has to do with wolves so imagine his delight in finding this wonderfully illustrated book. I'm writing about it here because we had to own our own copy.

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