Beware of the storybook wolves
Summary:
A boy loves the bedtime stories about wolves that his mother tells him. One night, his mother leaves the book about wolves in Herb’s room, and the wolves get out. The boy has to deal with the wolves in his room, with the help of other characters from the books he reads.
Edited by: Dublin City University
Comment:
Child’s picture book gives a clever and fresh take on the idea of what would really happen if storybook characters came to life. Its colourful illustrations keep readers on their toes until the last page of the story. Since the book depicts the common middle-class, white family, the boy’s father is absent throughout the book. Since the wolf is in a suit, it seems to draw parallels between the protagonist’s outlook on his absent father and the big, bad wolf.