Wolf Story

by William McCleery

Book Overview

This irresistible book is about: a father; his five-year-old son, Michael (intelligent, crafty, addicted to stories); Michael's best friend Stefan (stalwart listener, equally addicted to stories);... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590175891
• ISBN13: 9781590175897
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

Wolf Story

Every year I read Wolf Story to my second graders and at the end of the year when I ask them their favorite chapter book read to them, Wolf Story is chosen every year to be the favorite. They love to follow the adventures of Rainbow and Michael. When you complete Chapter 1, the kids are hooked. They can not wait for the next day. I have even had kids who have been sick ask if I can re-read a chapter that they missed or if they can stay in at recess to read the missed chapter on their own. Wolf Story is wonderfully written and captivating to young children. Every year I can not wait to read the book. I find myself anxious to share the next chapter. When my own children have children, Wolf Story will be the book that I can share with them. I strongly recommend this book to every child and to every adult who enjoys reading to their children at bedtime.

read this to yor child

This is the BEST read aloud book bar none. I never get tired of reading it to children and I have never met a child that did not love it. If you buy only one book to read to your child this year make this that one book. I am so glad to see it available again after being out of print for so long.

My kids find the style of telling hilarious

This is a story within a story about a boy who loves, even nags, his father to tell him tales. The father feigns resistance but always relents. He goes on to tell a long story in several sittings about a hen named rainbow, the wolf who tries to eat her, and the clever young boy who saves rainbow and catches the wolf.Not only is the story line amusing and entertaining but Anthony Heald, who reads the story on the audiobook version, does an incredible job of changing voices and acting out characters an an engaging way.My two boys who are ages 5 and 7 absolutely love this. We read hundreds of kids books and this one really stands out. We rarely buy audiobooks but in this case its well worth it.

Hilarious, Charming, I'm so glad it's back in print!

I was introduced to this book through the Chinaberry catalog and my two sons, ages 4 and 6, laughed themselves sick while I was reading them aloud. We've lent it to everyone in the neighborhood, too. My kids love the zany story Michael's father tells and are as eager as Michael for the story to just GO ON! As a parent who's been in the father's position, trying to come up with a creative story off the cuff when I am tired, too--I loved the realistic parent-child relationship depicted in the book. VERY highly recommended! We've read it over & over. It's slender, so on the pricey side for a hardback, but worth it.

My favorite children's book

My favorite book as a child. My father read it to my brother and then to me, in chapters much like Michael's father tells him the story, until we were old enough to read it to him. It's so much a fairy tale but, at the same time, Michael's father loving him so much he creates this wonderful story off the top of his head combined with the father's slight impatience or perhaps the father and son's different priorities make it believable. The under-his-breath sarcasm/innuendo in the father's voice adds a little reality check for parents reading the book to their children. I am constantly on the look-out for this book so I can share it with my grandchildren (since I won't let go of my only copy) and my friends' children. I thought it was out of print and can't believe my good fortune in finding not only a printed copy, but an audiobook as well. I think this is the first thing in my childhood that really showed it was okay to think "outside the box". I could probably stand to re-read it more often to remind me of that early lesson and it's a good lesson for kids, too.