"Boasting ingeniously inventive, tactile artwork, this exuberantly quirky book sees Wolfboy overcoming his fear of fear itself!"
Hot on the hairy heels of Wolfboy, Andy Harkness’ Wolfboy is Scared is a jangle of quirky joy. Showing how wildly imaginations can wander, it imparts messages about overcoming the fear of fear, and being kind. The artwork is glorious — created using a virtual reality headset, it’s like seeing stop motion animation on the page, with every tactile character and landscape feature resembling sculpted clay you want to touch (and squish — sorry, Wolfboy!) through the entire story.
As for the story, on noticing that the moon is rising high, Wolfboy and his bunny buddies take a shortcut through the woods to hasten their journey home. Trouble is, this route involves passing “the lair of the GRUMBLE MONSTER”! While Wolfboy insists he’s not scared, his friends can tell he’s bluffing — why else would he suggest they go first, while he offers to hang back to “make sure the monster doesn’t sneak up behind us”?
As they progress through the woods, the author-illustrator conjures exactly how imaginations can run riot when we’re scared. Then, in a funny, perfectly timed twist, the Grumble Monster turns out to be real. When Wolfboy learns that the scary grumbling noise was simply due to him being hungry, he kindly gifts the monster all his moonberries — job done!
Wolfboy is NOT afraid of the Grumble Monster. He's just in a hurry to get home. Except . . . the rabbits should go first.
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Wolfboy is NOT afraid of the Grumble Monster. He's just in a hurry to get home.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Wolfboy Is Scared and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Wolfboy Is Scared features in the following genres: Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Funny, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Fantasy / Magical
Paperback, Hardback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Wolfboy Is Scared was written by Andy Harkness and published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Wolfboy Is Scared has 40 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
