Wolf Story (New York Review Collections (Hardcover))

This irresistible book is about: Oh, and a wolf. It is as Michael always demands: Waldo the wolf is sneaking up on Rainbow the hen, when Jimmy Tractorwheel, the son of the local farmer, comes along.

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Five-year-old Michael has somehow managed it so that he gets to order up the basic ingredients of each night's story, whereupon Dad spins the tale and adds the embellishments. The only thing is, Michael doles out the same essential ingredients each time: As bedtimes go by, the stories become more and more outlandish. Not only that, they spread out into the daytime, too! So what used to be bedtime ritual is now an anytime-he-can-get-his-Dad-to-squeeze-in-an-eipsode arrangement.

It's no wonder that this endearingly funny and down-to-earth class. Detalhes do produto Formato: Compartilhe seus pensamentos com outros clientes. My son adored this book. You've seen all the 5-star reviews. I agree with them.

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Bought this on a whim and my son and I read the entire thing in a day and a half it's not long, but still. It's wonderful -- funny, slightly strange, well written. We laughed out loud several times. There's some allusions to animal violence shooting the wolf, for example but resolves peacefully with a little boy sparing the wolf's life so he can learn more about what makes him chase chickens. All in all, very happy with the book and sorry I can't find more children's books by the author! You don't know if you're getting more involved with the wolf and his story or with the father who tells it to his son and his son's best friend.

Then I'll have to get back into bed and read the Sunday paper. This book is a classic.

Anyone who tells stories to children or reads books out loud to children needs to have this book in their library. I am so glad it is back in print. Wolf Story is one of the all time classic books for kids. It was read to me first and later I read it myself many times.

Wolf Story provides a model for telling stories to your children and some information for those living in New York about how to borrow a car and while staying within the city limits, make a memorable day for you and your kids. Children will, of course, identify with Michael's determination to mold the story to his taste. In the end though, Wolf Story is a celebration of a happy father-son relationship. Petersburg Times "Wolf Story is tough-minded, without sentiment and very clever. It may well have been this cleverness that split the reviewers down the middle when the book was first issued in However, in the laboratory test our 9-year-old loved it.

Interruptions--by enthusiastic son Michael add to the fun. So do Warren Chappell's raffish pictures.

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About William McCleery William McCleery was born in Nebraska and spent his early career as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor. In the s two of his plays were produced on Broadway, and he later wrote some dozen one-hour dramas for television. From the s until his death he was affiliated with Princeton University, where he taught playwriting, founded the magazine University: A Princeton Quarterly, and edited several volumes of university history. Warren Chappell was a graphic artist, book illustrator, and typographer.

He illustrated many books for children and adults, including three in collaboration with John Updike; created two highly regarded typefaces, Lydian and Trajanus; and wrote several books on typography, among them A Short History of the Printed World. Book ratings by Goodreads. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews.

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