A Hero Called Wolf
Every librarian will love this book. Not only is this book about a wolf who loves books and his library, it also rhymes and flows perfectly for reading out loud to young children. It is a good story made for reading to groups and has a positive message. Children will share Wolf’s realisation and his disappointment that he doesn’t fit nor like the traditional fearsome wolf image. Why can’t he be like the heroes that he admires so much?
Gradually we are cleverly lulled into looking at our lives and how we can be heroes in small ways. Eventually as the story progresses, children will see kindness as heroic. Wolf has found his true role in life and sees how he can make a big difference to people by his small generous acts of kindness.
The illustrations are detailed and will delight any child who enjoys privately scrutinising the pictures after the story is over so it will suit the visually appreciative children too. This is a book that will please readers over and over again and will surely be plucked out for story time in many libraries and classrooms.
