Little Wolf’s Book of Badness

Little Wolf’s Book of Badness

by Tony Ross (Illustrator), Ian Whybrow (Author)

Synopsis

This award-winning title, now in large format and full colour. All Little Wolf wants to do is stay at home with Mum and Dad and Baby brother Smellybreff. Instead he's packed off to Cunning College to learn the 9 Rules of Badess and earn his Gold BAD Badge from his wicked Uncle Bigbad. He sets off on his journey, sending letters home as he adventures in the big wide world, At Cunning College, finding out the first 3 rules is easy and Little Wolf notes them carefully in his Book of Badness: 1. Huff and puff a lot. {watch out!] 2. Say loads of rude words. [like blinking and blunking} 3. Fib your head off. [hmmmm] But will Uncle Bigbad ever stop huffing and puffing long enough to teach him any more! Little Wolf's letters home will delight anyone with a sense of fun, both young and old. He is surely destined to follow in the pawprints of Pooh, Paddington and other classic children's book characters Little Wolf's Book of Badness won an U.K.R.A. award for making an oustanding contribution to children's literacy; the Birmingham Children's Book award and the prestigious Di Cento prize in Italy for the best children's book of the year. It has been translated into ten different languages. It was first published in 1995 in black and white. Tony Ross has now redone the illustrations in full colour making this a lavish, large format gift edition -- perfect for family reading.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Edition: Colour edition
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
Published: 04 Oct 1999

ISBN 10: 0583345298
ISBN 13: 9780001857254
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews
'A howlingly funny book for all the family to get their teeth into.' Telegraph '...wildly funny. Little Wolf ranks among the most engaging animal characters in modern children's writing and deserves a devoted following.' She 'Ian Whybrow's Little Wolf novels have acquired a cult status in our house and anyone who doesn't know them has a treat in store' Daily Mail and of Little Wolf's Haunted Hall for Small Horrors 'Hugely entertaining and emphasising the fun of shared reading, it guarantees parental enjoyment.' The Bookseller '...will cheer the heart of any child... delightful drawings of canine naughtiness... scary and funny.' Scotland on Sunday
Author Bio
Ian Whybrow's many popular successes range from picture books to novels for older children. Best known for his original humour he always writes with adult readers as well as young ones in mind. Apart from his wife and two daughters -- one is the actress Lucy Whybrow -- his passions in no particular order are: Herefordshire, digging, walking with friends, swimming, cycling, the poet Stevie Smith, the theatre and hedgehogs.