BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL
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Before becoming the BIG, BAD WOLF, Baby Wolfie has to grow up and learn patience because things often make him grumpy. If anything (lamp posts, his desk at school, shoes) upsets Baby Wolfie, he simply gobbles it up! When the teacher begins to give out Star Pupil badges, Wolfie is FINALLY chosen as the Star Pupil and to celebrate, his dad makes him a red and swishy red cloak. So begins the story of Little Red stealing Wolfie's cloak, claiming it belongs to her, eventually meeting her demise in the forest and home of her grandmother many years later.
Goldilocks, the Gingerbread Man, Little Pig, and Jack and the Beanstalk are side characters in this adorable picture book. Every once in a while, the PERFECT picture book comes along. "Little Bad Wolf - Before the Fairy Tale" is that book for me! The illustrations are so adorable! The creative writing is perfection! Tying a variety of other fairy tale characters into the story is brilliant! I am unaware of another book that focuses on The Big Bad wolf as "baby Wolfie", but this one wins the prize! Great picture book! The illustrator did a great job representing many ethnic backgrounds in her illustrations.
S. Lewis
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