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Summary
From the beloved creators behind Tops and Bottoms comes a fractured fairytale about a wolf who is so good, it's bad. Will he ever fit in with his family of Big Bad Wolves Or will he show everyone that sometimes it's best to honor who you are
Little Good Wolf does not fit in with his family. No matter what Papa Wolf and Mama Wolf try, he is always cleaning his room or even playing with piggies! They have no choice but to send him to Bad School to learn to be a big, bad wolf.
But Little Good Wolf's teachers think he's hopeless, too. Wicked Stepmother cannot get him to be selfish, and Mr. Troll cannot teach him how to be rude. Will he ever be BAD enough Or just maybe, there is a way to be a wolf while being GOOD
Populated with expertly rendered fairy tale characters and infused with delightful madcap fun, this celebration of self-acceptance is an instant crowd-pleaser.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
What happens when an irrepressibly good-hearted wolf is born into a lupine family of the big bad variety? Little Good Wolf, his mother says disgustedly, "cleans his room. He brushes his teeth. He even reads bedtime stories by himself!" So his snappish parents send him to the Big Bad School, a dodgy institution rife with bad puns ("Prince A. Bull" oversees the education), gross-out humor ("Eat it fast so you can buuurrrrp!" says a troll instructor, demolishing a pizza), and more. Throughout his lessons, Little Good Wolf makes suggestions that lend themselves to order and cheer ("You could light a cake full of birthday candles," he says to a fire-breathing dragon), quickly resulting in his expulsion. In a strongly felt fairy tale remix about a child who just wants his parents to love him as he is, all the over-the-top resistance Little Good Wolf endures makes his anodyne suggestions winningly palatable. Previous collaborators Crummel and Stevens (The Donkey Egg) cram each page with raillery and nonsense (when Little Good Wolf is happily reunited with his parents, they insist they've reformed: "I combed my teeth," Papa Wolf says). Stevens, meanwhile, brings naturalistic draftsmanship to the characters while draping them in a hodgepodge of finery. Ages 4--7. (Aug.)
Booklist Review
To the horror of his hairy parents, Little Good Wolf cleans his room, brushes his teeth, and plays with piggies rather than eating them. So off he goes to the Big Bad School for reprogramming. But to the disgust of the school's snorting "Prince A. Bull" (get it?), the new student soon has the whole faculty eating out of his little paw, and he's out on his cute, furry tail. How can he ever get his parents to love him? Enter Old Hag, with a special apple: "One bite and good turns to bad." It works the other way too though, she warns, which perches the wolfling on the horns of a dilemma. Giving themselves a cameo as evil stepsisters, the Stevens sisters gleefully tweak another favorite folktale caricature. For all his expressed desire to please, Little Good Wolf radiates smiling self-confidence in the pictures, and is plainly good to the bone. Readers will applaud both his gift for derailing set lesson plans and his ultimate solution, which is at once satisfying and open ended.