The Wolf Who Cried Boy
Paperback – Picture Book, June 17, 2004
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · June 17, 2004
Dreams of boys-n-berry pie and a steaming plate of boy chops set hilarious events in motion in this clever twist on the classic tale.
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- Who it’s for
- Food-wordplay gives a familiar fable a comic turn, with a lesson that still lands.
- Genres
- Folktale Retellings, Wolves & Coyotes, Funny Stories
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, June 17, 2004
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Dreams of boys-n-berry pie and a steaming plate of boy chops set hilarious events in motion in this clever twist on the classic tale. Little Wolf is tired of his mom's cooking! It's the same old thing night after night, Lamburgers and Sloppy Does. How he wishes his mother would serve up a nice platter of his favorite dish-Boy! But Boy is hard to come by these days. As Little Wolf trudges home from school one day, he decides to postpone his boring dinner by shouting "Boy!
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Boy!" But what will happen when a real boy finally comes along? In this hilarious twisted tale, Little Wolf learns the same timeless lesson that the boy who cried "Wolf!" did so many years ago.
Fables With Flavor
Food-wordplay gives a familiar fable a comic turn, with a lesson that still lands.
Come here for
- Silly boy-and-berry-pie wordplay
- A playful twist on a familiar fable
Expect
- A funny take on the boy-who-cried-wolf lesson
- A timeless moral served with a side of silliness
Where it sits
| Funny Stories | 94% |
|---|---|
| Wolves & Coyotes | 81% |
| Folktale Retellings | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Wolves & Coyotes
- Folktale Retellings
- Funny Stories
- Authors
- Bob Hartman, Tim Raglin
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- June 17, 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Wolves & Coyotes