- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (19 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405050829
- ISBN-13: 978-1405050821
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 23.2 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 385,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What if a book should come alive?
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Rabbit borrows a book about wolves from the library. Straightforward enough. But it's not long before a sinister figure with sharp claws and a bushy tail starts to creep right off the pages . . . You won't believe your eyes – especially if you're a rabbit. Brilliantly witty, with amazing artwork, two surprise endings, plus fun novelty elements, WOLVES is surely the most exciting picture book of the year. An extraordinary debut from an exceptional new author/illustrator.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A rabbit borrows a book on wolves from the library, and is so engrossed in it that he doesn't notice that---- no, I won't spoil it for you!
This very imaginative, and beautifully illustrated, book is highly original. It combines library-related paraphernalia with plentiful rabbit-related puns (mostly lost on my children, but they'll get it when they're older) much of which is hidden amongst the front and back blurbs that you might not normally look at with your children. The first ending is a little brutal, though hardly unexpected. The alternative ending is very funny though ludicrous too.
We all love rabbits AND we are all vegetarian, yet my daughters (aged 6, 4 and 2) find this entertaining and are not scared by it. Most importantly for a children's book, it's also really appealing to parents.
This very imaginative, and beautifully illustrated, book is highly original. It combines library-related paraphernalia with plentiful rabbit-related puns (mostly lost on my children, but they'll get it when they're older) much of which is hidden amongst the front and back blurbs that you might not normally look at with your children. The first ending is a little brutal, though hardly unexpected. The alternative ending is very funny though ludicrous too.
We all love rabbits AND we are all vegetarian, yet my daughters (aged 6, 4 and 2) find this entertaining and are not scared by it. Most importantly for a children's book, it's also really appealing to parents.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A wonderful, funny tale of a bunny who reads a book about wolves. So far, so so, but wait..this tale is told with such economy and style (the loose pencilwork of the wolves huge feet is stunning) and wit that you and your children will love reading it night after night. And the denoument...? No, I won't spoil it - you'll have to buy it! I saw the book at Emily's degree show and could not wait for it to reach the shelves. Now my children love it as much as me! We cannot wait for more!
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Being a drama-in-education practitioner, I'm always on the lookout for inspirational books which appeal to key stages 1 and 2. I read the review for this in the Sunday Times (it was Children's book of the week), and thought it sounded ideal. This is an interesting and realistic take on the comfortable "big bad wolf" image held by young children and maintained by traditional fairy stories. There are other nice touches which allude to The Jolly Postman (letters etc). I have seen teachers here shying away from it for being too harsh - the bunny dies quite violently, I suppose, and the "alternative" ending is made up from scraps of the book which was torn up during the bunny's demise. However, the children I've shown this book to have loved it. They also didn't believe the alternative ending, but weren't (as some teachers had imagined) upset by the story. It's an interesting book to show to older children in order to discuss its suitability for little ones. The discussions arising out of it are very diverse!
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Pretty and Funny. If only it had a few more sentences...
This book is very pretty, and it has a clever theme, but I agree with the reader who gave it one star that barely does the story build up when it's suddenly all over. Read more
Published 3 months ago by A Female Reader
Beautiful and a real keeper
I'll be honest, I'm a grown up. I didn't buy this for a child, I bought it for another grown up who's a bit like me; we like animals and love creativity. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Victoria Reid
Genious
This is a wonderfully clever, beautifully illustrated book which takes the reader and a rabbit through a library book about wolves, in which we learn a few facts about wolves and... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mumba
Anthropomorphism is a big word...
Cards on the table - a big fan of the bunny suicide calendars etc, so perhaps not in touch with my inner furry creature (so to speak), but neither a great believer in the Edwardian... Read more
Published 18 months ago by flyingrat
Choice Ending
It is a common tool to encourage predictive skills in young readers to stop before reaching the end of the story. Read more
Published 19 months ago by A. Johnston
Wolves Review By Primary Six
Wolves is a story about a rabbit who goes to the library to get a book all about Wolves. As he reads it there are wolves around him, creeping up on him. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Ms. E. Prentice
better books out there
Very poor book. My son took no interest in it at all. I didnt find the illustrations that good, they arent that colourful and dont make sense at times. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2009 by Customer
Different and original
This book is certainly different from the usual happying endings, but personally I haven't found that this has been a issue when I've read it with children. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2008 by Doris
A dark original and brilliantly put together picture book.
Rabbit takes a book on wolves from the library (lovely double page with removable library ticket) and as she reads the brief but real wolf information, the picture wolf becomes all... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2008 by ELH Browning
Not as good as it might have been
I was disappointed with this book. Like other reviewers I thought it was far too short and also very sad because the rabbit gets eaten. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2007 by J. W. Berry
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