Watch Out for Wolf!

by Anica Mrose Rissi, Charles Santoso (Illustrator)

Overview

A perfect read-aloud twist on a favorite tale, from Anica Mrose Rissi and Charles Santoso.

There's so much for these little piggies to do before their party — they have to bake the cake, decorate the house, deliver the invitations, and, most importantly, watch out for Wolf!

With clever nods to various fairytales and nursery rhymes sprinkled throughout, this picture book takes the classic Three Little Pigs story in a new direction, celebrating friendship and great party planning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484785560
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	04/16/2019
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Anica Mrose Rissi grew up on an island off the coast of Maine, where she read a lot of books and loved a lot of pets. She now tells and collects stories, makes up songs on her violin, and eats lots of cheese with her friends in Princeton, New Jersey, where she lives with her dog, Arugula. She is also the author of Out for Wolf!, illustrated by Charles Santoso, The Teacher's Pet, illustrated by Zachariah OHora, and the Anna, Banana chapter book series. Find out more at anicarissi.com and the author invites you to follow her @anicarissi on Instagram and Twitter.

Charles Santoso loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreams about funny, wondrous stories. Some books he's illustrated include I Don't Like Koala by Sean Ferrell, Ida, Always by Caron Levis, Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime by Cate Berry and the New York Times bestseller Wishtree by Katherine Applegate. He is currently working in sunny Singapore. You can visit him at charlessantoso.com.

Editorial Reviews

02/25/2019

All day, the pigs scurry around completing tasks. Piggle goes shopping for baking supplies and chocolate. Piggums stays home to blow up balloons and hang streamers, closing the shutters when a lupine shadow appears. Piggit speeds “from hutch to hole to burrow to nest,” writes Rissi, delivering invitations, while the owl hoots a warning: wolf is out. The pigs don’t want to cross her path, but not for the reason readers might expect. A gently subversive plot twist ends this story with cake and a surprise celebration, providing a funny resolution to the genuine sense of suspense conjured by Santoso’s richly colored, cartoonish illustrations of adorable little pigs in various states of wide-eyed panic. And any child who has struggled with a cake full of candles will admire the way the wolf “huffed... and puffed... and... blew the candles out in one ferocious breath.” Ages 3–5. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

"[...] richly colored, cartoonish illustrations of adorable little pigs in various states of wide-eyed panic."— Publishers Weekly

PRAISE FOR TEACHER'S PET, THE

"Perfect for classroom read-alouds."— School Library Journal

From the Publisher

08/16/2019

PreS-K-This story combines elements of "The Three Little Pigs" and the "This Little Piggy" nursery rhyme. In a small stone cottage near the edge of a wood, five little piggies are very busy. Piggle bustles off to the market for cake supplies. Piggums and Piggleton work on the party decorations, including balloons, streamers, hats, and noisemakers. Piggit delivers invitations throughout the forest. Throughout the party preparations, the piggies continue to admonish each other to "Watch out for Wolf." When the wolf finally comes knocking on the door of the cottage, the piggies along with their forest friends are not frightened, but rather leap out screaming "Surprise!" Wolf is delighted by her three-layer cake, and she huffs, and puffs, and blows out all the candle in "one ferocious breath." (In fact, her huffing and puffing are so strong that she blows down one wall of the cottage!) Young children will enjoy the panicked expressions on the cartoon faces of the piggies and will be intrigued by the character of Wolf, who initially looks threatening, then appears joyous, and finally looks sheepish when she witnesses the destruction she has wrought on the cottage. VERDICT Children will enjoy the characters and the twist at the end of this fun read-aloud.-Sally James, South Hillsborough Elementary School, Hillsborough, CA

School Library Journal