by Agnese Baruzzi & Sandro Natalini & illustrated by Agnese Baruzzi & Sandro Natalini ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 2009
When Wolf decides he’s “fed up with bein wicked all the time,” he appeals to Red Riding Hood for help. Her re-education program—which includes bathing regularly, helping with chores and a vegetarian diet (Chilli Con Carrots, anyone?)—is so successful, however, that Wolf surges to the top of the Forest popularity polls, much to her literally red-faced annoyance. Baruzzi and Natalini cram a lot into this modestly sized pop-up, deploying such metaliterary tricks as loose letters in envelopes and a newspaper alongside a fabric apron and a rattly school bus as interactive elements. In art, design and story, it comes across as something of an Italian, pop-up hommage to the classic The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, to which kids will find it an amiably twisted alternative, along with its companion pop-up, The True Story of Goldilocks (ISBN: 978-0-7636-4475-8). (Pop-up/picture book. 6-10)
Pub Date: Aug. 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7636-4427-7
Page Count: 18
Publisher: Templar/Candlewick
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 15, 2009
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by Joyce Milton & illustrated by Larry Schwinger ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1992
At ``Step 2'' in the useful ``Step into Reading'' series: an admirably clear, well-balanced presentation that centers on wolves' habits and pack structure. Milton also addresses their endangered status, as well as their place in fantasy, folklore, and the popular imagination. Attractive realistic watercolors on almost every page. Top-notch: concise, but remarkably extensive in its coverage. A real bargain. (Nonfiction/Easy reader. 6-10)
Pub Date: April 1, 1992
ISBN: 0-679-91052-2
Page Count: 48
Publisher: Random House
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 1992
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by Meredith Hooper & illustrated by Bee Willey ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2000
Trickling, bubbling, swirling, rushing, a river flows down from its mountain beginnings, past peaceful country and bustling city on its way to the sea. Hooper (The Drop in My Drink, 1998, etc.) artfully evokes the water’s changing character as it transforms from “milky-cold / rattling-bold” to a wide, slow “sliding past mudflats / looping through marshes” to the end of its journey. Willey, best known for illustrating Geraldine McCaughrean’s spectacular folk-tale collections, contributes finely detailed scenes crafted in shimmering, intricate blues and greens, capturing mountain’s chill, the bucolic serenity of passing pastures, and a sense of mystery in the water’s shadowy depths. Though Hooper refers to “the cans and cartons / and bits of old wood” being swept along, there’s no direct conservation agenda here (for that, see Debby Atwell’s River, 1999), just appreciation for the river’s beauty and being. (Picture book/nonfiction. 7-9)
Pub Date: June 1, 2000
ISBN: 0-7636-0792-4
Page Count: 32
Publisher: Candlewick
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 2000
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