Cédric Ramadier (text) & Vincent Bourgeau (illustrations) (Gecko Press) Au secours, voilà le loup! translated by Linda Burgess We French people like our ‘gros méchants loups’ (big bad wolves), there is little doubt about that. Mario Ramos’ I Am So Strong, Bénédicte Guettier’s I Am the Wolf … and Here I Come and Stephanie Blake’s Poo Bum, …
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I Am The Wolf … and Here I Come!
Bénédicte Guettier (Gecko Press) Je m’habille et … je te croque, translated from the French by Pénélope Todd Guettier was a big presence in my children’s early experiences with books and it is a pleasure to see her translated into English. Inspired by the French comptine (song/nursery rhyme) Promenons-nous dans les bois (you will plenty of renditions of …
I Am So Strong
Mario Ramos“C’est moi le plus fort”, translated by Jean Anderson(Gecko Press) A rather conceited wolf decides after his lunch to wander through the forest for a bit of an ego polishing exercise. Each small creature he comes across is accosted and bullied into tell him that yes, indeed, he is the strongest creature in the …
Poo Bum
Stephanie Blake “Caca Boudin”, translated by Linda Burgess(Gecko Press) There was once a little rabbit who could only say one thing: Poo Bum. Day and night, this is his answer to everything. But his ill-mannered attitude might just be the thing that will save him on the fateful day he comes across a wolf who gobbles …
Lunchtime
Rebecca Cobb (Macmillan Children’s Books) It is lunchtime, but the little girl in the story is far too busy drawing to go and eat. Eventually she sits at the table, reluctantly, but she just will not eat. Then first a crocodile, then a bear, and a finally a wolf appear, and they are all starving. They are …
Good Little Wolf
Nadia Shireen(Jonathan Cape) Rolf is not your ordinary wolf; he is a good little wolf. He likes baking cakes and eating vegetables, and he is kind to his friends.His friend Mrs Boggins warns him however that most wolves are not like him, and Rolf soon discovers that for himself when he meets a Big Bad Wolf in the forest. …
Wolf Won’t Bite
Emily Gravett(Macmillan Children’s Books) The three little pigs seem to have reversed the situation and captured the wolf! They take full advantage of the situation by showing him off in a circus! They make him do all sorts of tricks and seem to enjoy slightly humiliating him too; after all, whatever you do to him, “Wolf …