The Boy Who Cried Wolf offres by B. G. Hennessy NEUF

PreS-Gr. 1. Children who may have heard their parents reference the boy who cried wolf (without a clue about what they were talking about) get a very funny version of the story here. The plot is the familiar one, but humorous embellishments abound. Wolf! Wolf." The people answer his frenzied cries twice but ignore him the third time, when three hungry wolves actually appear. Along with the texts funny moments, Kulikov milks the situation in the art. He uses a variety of perspectives, a couple of which almost put the boy in the readers lap, and his watercolour-and-gouache artwork teases many laughs from the sheep, whose expressions range from adoring to alarmed. This also has great energy, especially when the townspeople run hither and yon. The ending is a little flat, but at least^B the sheep end up in a tree rather than a wolfs stomach. Ilene Cooper Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved