The Wolf in Underpants

by Wilfrid Lupano

Other authorsPaul Cauuet (Illustrator), Mayana Itoïz (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2019

Description

After living in fear of the wolf with crazy eyes and fangs like ice picks, a forest community is stunned when he shows up looking calm and wearing striped underpants, leaving them wondering why they were so afraid of him.

Publication

Graphic Universe TM (2019), 40 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member LenoreR
A fun book about a community of woodland creatures that are afraid of a big, scary wolf that lives at the top of a hill. As they look for ways to protect each other and their homes, they realize that there is a different side of the big, scary wolf.
I feel like this book would be good for early or
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struggling readers.

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher, Lerner Publishing Group, for an honest review.
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
Family Picture Book Read-Aloud Afternoon: A Nine-Book Pile!

A funny book about prejudice and stereotyping and how that is exploited by the fear industrial complex has the residents of a forest trying to figure out how to protect themselves from a wolf who they assume must be the cause of all their
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problems.

The first part is amusing enough, but I'm adding a star for the shocking final page that caught me flatfooted and left me and my whole family laughing for several minutes.

It's the best book of the day's read-aloud pile and had me immediately placing holds at the library for other books in the series.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2016

ISBN

1541528182 / 9781541528185
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