Beware of the Storybook Wolves Synopsis
For a real thrill, try reading Beware of the Storybook Wolves. It will scare your socks off! A fun-filled picture book with a fairytale twist, from Children's Laureate Lauren Child. Every night, Herb's mother reads him a bedtime story. Sometimes it's about a big bad wolf who terrifies little girls and their grandmothers with his growl and his sharp teeth. The story gets very nasty in the middle and everybody nearly comes to a sticky end. But, by the last page, it all turns out happily-ever-afterly. But what will happen to Herb when the wolves escape from his book? Will they gobble him up? Or will it all end happily-ever-after? Equally loved by children young and old, this hilarious picture book is perfect for sharing together. From the creator of the award-winning, best-selling Charlie and Lola series! Winner of the Smarties Book Prize Bronze Medal A refreshingly original tale that sparkles with wit Junior
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781408314807 |
| Publication date: |
5th July 2012 |
| Author: |
Lauren Child |
| Publisher: |
Orchard Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
32 pages |
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Lauren Child Press Reviews
'Will keep young readers on their toes from beginning to end...Every household and every classroom should have a copy' - School LIbrarian
'A surreal intertextual tale that veers from nightmare to comedy' - Books For Keeps
'A smile-provoking yarn full of fairy-tale twists' - New York Times
'A fabulous book for those who are already au fait with all the run-of-the-mill tales' - The Scotsman
'Child makes words dance and topography jitterbug, and her sly sense of humour makes both children and adults giggle...At its most profound, this is about the tremendous power of books' - The Guardian
'The subversive humour is hilarious' - The Children's Bookseller
'Lauren Child's pictures and witty yext provide an agreeable frisson of fear followed by a happy ending' - The Spectator
A refreshingly original tale that sparkles with wit - Junior
About Lauren Child
Lauren Child is the author/illustrator of the much-loved Charlie and Lola books (now a major TV show) for very young readers, the Ruby Redfort series for older children and the Clarice Bean series for 7+ children as well as Hubert Horatio and many stand alone books.
Former Children's Laureate Lauren Child burst on to the children’s books scene in 1999 and has since published many bestselling and awardwinning books, including those featuring the hugely popular Charlie and Lola, and the Clarice Bean series. She has won numerous awards including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Gold Award. Her books have been made into an award-winning TV series and have sold in many languages with runaway success.
In December 2008 she was named as a UNESCO Artist for Peace, and was awarded an MBE in 2009.
Lauren Child was the 10th Waterstones Children's Laureate. Of the role she said, “I want to inspire children to believe in their own creative potential, to make their own stories and drawings and ignite in them the delight of reading for pleasure. In an increasingly fast paced world, children need the freedom to dream and imagine; to enjoy reading, drawing and telling their own stories without value judgement or restraint”.
The role of Children's Laureate is awarded every two years to an author or illustrator of children’s books to “celebrate outstanding achievement in their field and recognise the important contribution children’s literature makes to cultural life”. Child’s tenure will ran until June 2019, which marked 20 years since the post was inaurgurated by Quentin Blake and since Child published her first book.
Child revealed that Blake was a huge inspiration to her. “When I was little, it never occurred to me to think of authors and illustrators as actual human beings," she said. "Then I saw Quentin on television live drawing on “Jackanory”, so he became a real-life illustrator to me and that made it something it was possible to become.”
Other previous post-holders include Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen and Malorie Blackman.
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