The Wolf (picture book)

The Wolf is a 1991 Australian children's picture book by Margaret Barbalet and Jane Tanner. It is about a family that is terrorised by a wolf over a number of months but upon allowing it into their house realise that it means no harm.

The Wolf
AuthorMargaret Barbalet
IllustratorJane Tanner
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published1991 (Penguin Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages30 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780670836147
OCLC959302188

Publication history

Reception

A review in Kirkus Reviews described The Wolf as "An allegory concerning fear, with an almost painfully dark, heavy atmosphere.."[1] while a Publishers Weekly review concluded "Though this unusual book may not be for all tastes, its stark drama makes a vivid impression."[2]

The Wolf has also been reviewed by School Library Journal[3]

It won the 1992 Australian Human rights Award for Literature in Children's Fiction,[4] was shortlisted for the 1992 CBCA Early Childhood Book Award,[5] and is a 1993 AISLE Read-Aloud Books Too Good to Miss book.[6]

References
  1. "The Wolf". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 March 1992. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. "The Wolf". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 2 March 1992. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. Carolyn Noah. "The Wolf". polarislibrary.com. Glenview Public Library. Retrieved 22 September 2018. ..the unseen wolf in this contemporary Australian moral tale takes on surreal proportions not seen in children's books since Van Allsburg's Jumanji ... Barbalet creates a web of suspense, which Tanner completes ..
  4. "Human Rights Awards: Previous Winners". hrawards.humanrights.gov.au. Australian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. "Winners and Shortlists 1990 - 1999". archive.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. "Read Alouds Too Good To Miss 1990-2017: Selected by Indiana School Librarians: 1993 Intermediate" (PDF). ilfonline.org. Indiana Library Federation. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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