Wolves

Overall it's a very simple story of a Rabbit getting a book on wolves to learn a few things about them. The artwork is interesting My daughter liked the imagery used for the wolves as they kept getting closer and closer. The one thing that did bother her was the page where there are two giant eyeballs right behind the rabbit and the rabbit has a wide eyed expression of "oh oh" I diffused the situation by using a Bruce... Read Full Review

Big bad wolves. We all know they're out there. Right? There's no denying it. So if you go to the Burrowing Library to check out a book on wolves, you do know to look right and left on your way home. Look behind you. Keep a 360 going because wolves are known to sneak up on you. Tell that to our Bunny. You know how they are--they like to be scared! What's the scariest? Wolves. Bunny checks out a book simply called "Wolves."... Read Full Review

Have you ever gone to the library to learn about something? Sure we all have at some point or another. Anyway, the main character in this book is a dumb little rabbit that picks up a book at the library on wolves and as the story unfolds the rabbit learns a few facts about the dog-like animal. Ultimately the little rabbit learns that wolves like to eat rabbits. I'm not sure the little rabbit found this out from reading the... Read Full Review

Right off the bat I want to make something perfectly clear. I am going to give away the ending of this picture book and I'm going to give it away repeatedly. I'm going to talk at length as to the implications of what the ending means, how that ending fits into the larger scheme of children's book publishing today, and whether the ending is, in fact, any good at all. So if you like surprises in your books for the preschool... Read Full Review

Emily Gravett, Wolves (Simon and Schuster, 2006) Wolves was an award winner overseas before finally getting published here in America, and it's easy to see why. This is a brilliant little book, funny and informative and supremely disgusting no matter what your moral stance. It's a must, especially if you've got kids. A rabbit borrows a book on wolves (written, in true meta fashion, by Emily Grrrabbit) and reads it on his... Read Full Review