The Hungry Wolf

When a hungry young wolf spots a tasty-looking animal in the field above the river, he thinks he has found some dinner....but the fluffy little lamb is more clever than he has bargained for. Will the lamb become a tasty snack, or will she escape the wolf's hungry jaws? AGES: 6+ AUTHOR: Lari Don was born in Chile and brought up in Scotland. She has worked in politics and for the BBC, but now spends her time passing on old stories and making up new ones. She is a traditional storyteller,...
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When a hungry young wolf spots a tasty-looking animal in the field above the river, he thinks he has found some dinner....but the fluffy little lamb is more clever than he has bargained for. Will the lamb become a tasty snack, or will she escape the wolf's hungry jaws? AGES: 6+ AUTHOR: Lari Don was born in Chile and brought up in Scotland. She has worked in politics and for the BBC, but now spends her time passing on old stories and making up new ones. She is a traditional storyteller, as well as an award-winning children's author, whose love of myths, legends and fables inspires her fiction. Lari lives in Edinburgh with her family, and has also written Little Red Riding Hood and the first two titles in the Animal Stories series for Barefoot Books. Melanie Williamson draws her pictures in a cosy studio in Manchester, UK and loves all things bright and quirky. She has also illustrated The Tortoise's Gift and Never Trust a Tiger, the first two titles in the Animal Stories series, for Barefoot Books. SELLING POINTS: * Educational Market: Carefully chosen vocabulary and simple sentences, combined with vibrant and fun illustrations, ease emerging readers into the world of chapter books. * Multicultural Series: Traditional tale from North America, retold for young audiences by popular Scottish storyteller Lari Don, joins other Animal Stories books from around the world. * Gentle Humour: The fluffy white hero spends much of the story dangling precariously from a wolf's mouth! Colour throughout