Mr Wolf fancies some tasty pancakes but he doesn't know how to make them. Asking his neighbours is no use - they're a mean and horrible lot who refuse to help. Poor Mr Wolf. He has to work it out, all by himself. So what happens when those nasty neighbours want to help Mr Wolf eat his delicious pancakes ...?
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"Kids will love Fearnley's use of favorite characters as well as her sympathetic wolf and the savory surprise ending. Chipper watercolors depict a sunny storybook town where denizens shop at Old Mother Hubbard's General Store and Simple Simon's Pie & Cake Emporium. A gleeful twist on a nursery staple." --"Publishers Weekly"
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Jan Fearnley is a multi-award-winning author/illustrator. Her Mr Wolf picture books have sold over 100,000 copies in the UK alone. Jan's many awards include the AOI Gold Award for Mr Wolf and the Three Bears, an Oppenheim Portfolio Gold Award for A Perfect Day For It and the Stockport Children's Book award for Just Like You. Jan lives in New Malden, Surrey with her husband.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is a wonderful book, clever, intelligent, and very funny.
Suitable for any child from two upwards, it is the slight tale of Mr Wolf's attempts to make some pancakes, despite the rude lack of support from his friends around town, including the three little pigs, Mother hubbard et al.
Delightfully illustrated, it subverts the image of big bad wolf, turning him into the victim, until the hilarious denoument which, on reading it for the first time, had me creasing up in laughter (which interrupted my daughter's bedtime story that night).
Glorious, highly recommended. Buy it for a friend's child too.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Mr Wolf's Pancakes by Jan Fearnley takes traditional fairy tale characters and gives them a modern touch. Young children can easily identify with the problems Mr Wolf has making his pancakes...not being able to read...can't count his money.The ending is particularly unexpected! Wonderful illustrations really make you love Mr Wolf.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By L O'connor
Format:Paperback
Mr Wolf wants to make pancakes, but his rude and uncooperative neighbours won't give him any help. Wee Willie Winkie, the Ginerbread Man, Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs all give him the brush-off, so in the end he has to make them himself. When it comes to eating them though it's a different story, and everyone wants some. Then Mr Wolf gets his revenge! This is a very funny book with delightful illustrations, any children with a sense of humour should enjoy it, and their parents too.
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A brilliant story !
a fantastic read well worth buying , an excellent gift for a child,s birthday present my five year old loves it
Published 17 days ago by billy1
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Works on so many levels
I love this book - you know, as a parent, you have books your child loves that you loath reading and the books they love that you enjoy just as much as them? This is one of those. Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Thomson
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Pancake Day explained
I got this book to read to my Beaver Scouts on Shrove Tuesday and they thoroughly enjoyed it, I asked them how they thought it would end and none of them guessed correctly - this... Read more
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Do I say this or not.... First became aware of this
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Published 10 months ago by Kris Sharman
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what a refreshing book for young children!
This reminds me of Revolting Rhymes from when i was a kid. It's particularly good because it links in all the stories in which a big bad wolf appears and makes him the victim only... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mum of 2
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My sons favourite
This is my sons favourite book. We have all 3 Mr Wolf books, and as an adult they are enjoyable too, with a sharp twist on each. Thouroughly enjoyable.
Published on 12 Feb 2011 by AP34
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Brilliant book, I first heard it on CBeebies being read by Terry Wogan, bought it for my daughter and she giggles at it, have bought it for various friends with sons and daughters... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2011 by wittys
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Great modern version of The Little Red Hen
Both my daughter (age 3) and I love this story, so it features regularly at bedtime. The story is a modern rewriting of The Little Red Hen, and has updated that story in a way that... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2010 by Gill Le Fevre
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used this in class to discuss traditional stories. V similar to Little Red Hen but with a modern twist. Adults and school age both enjoyed.
Published on 12 July 2010 by Jan
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Pancakes!!!
My nearly 2 year old received this book for Christmas and LOVES it, he asks for "pancakes" every night at bedtime and I'm planning on doing him a Mr Wolf themed 2nd birthday... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2010 by Charlotte
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