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43rd out of 76 books
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91 voters
Winston the Book Wolf
by
Marni McGee,
Ian Beck
Devour a good book!
In this clever take-off on Little Red Riding Hood, the big bad wolf is the very hungry Winston who likes to eat books! When the librarian scolds him for this naughty behavior, Rosie (who wears a familiar red hoodie), rescues him and takes him out into the woods to teach him how to read books, not eat books. Winston grows to love reading and is soon devou...more
In this clever take-off on Little Red Riding Hood, the big bad wolf is the very hungry Winston who likes to eat books! When the librarian scolds him for this naughty behavior, Rosie (who wears a familiar red hoodie), rescues him and takes him out into the woods to teach him how to read books, not eat books. Winston grows to love reading and is soon devou...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
July 25th 2006
by Walker Childrens
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Love love loved this book. I want to read it to my kids and my classroom someday. The first thing that stands out is that the cover has a big part missing which is great for kids and which I definitely liked as well. This book had illustrations that popped and text that really leant itself to voices, with few enough characters to tell the difference between them. The thing I loved most about this book was the moral of it. Winston loved books from the get go, he devours them but red riding hood h...more
This is a strange and interesting story about a wolf who loves to eat words. He learns that books can "taste" just as delicious if you devour them with your eyes. The illustrations include characters from fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and even a couple of cameo appearances by Oliver Hardy.
Overall, it's a fun story to read aloud with children and can help teach younger children to be careful with library books. We enjoyed reading this story together.
Overall, it's a fun story to read aloud with children and can help teach younger children to be careful with library books. We enjoyed reading this story together.
If I could give three and a half stars I would for this one. It is cute ... and I may use it for a read aloud next week with kindergartners.
It's a take-off of Little Red Riding Hood, but one that teaches an insatiable appetite for books and reading. It almost seems a little bit forced, hence not quite four stars. But still enjoyable.
It's a take-off of Little Red Riding Hood, but one that teaches an insatiable appetite for books and reading. It almost seems a little bit forced, hence not quite four stars. But still enjoyable.
I loved this book! The story is fun, creative and encourages reading. My son loves the hole the wolf bit in the cover along with the pictures. We've read it over and over again already!
This is a clever story about a wolf who wants to eat books physically, but eventually learns to "devour" them mentally. I enjoyed this one!
This was a cute book, about a wolf who learns to devour words with his mind not mouth. Great for a Storytime Library Theme
it is a very good book because the wolf likes to books because he says the words are so go.
This was always my go-to book for field trip groups to the public library. So much FUUUUN!!!
Love the cover. Reminds me of The Incredible Book Eating Boy.
A fun book about how to treat books.
Not bad, but nothing special. I didn't think it was very funny, but I liked the eating books (because words are delicious) vs. reading books (because words are still delicious). But I think The Incredible Book Eating Boy was a much more interesting, fun take on the idea.
I liked the idea behind this book---words are delicious---a lot more than I liked the story itself. Don't know why, there was nothing wrong with it. I think it just didn't have enough humor for me.
Cute book! Great for story time. Winston loves words and eats them up and is banned from the library and until he is taught to eat them with his eyes.
If you were to wear a long skirt and a floppy hat while reading this aloud, it might be super fun to scare the bejeezus out of the kiddos.
Eating books versus reading them to gain knowledge. Pair this with The Incredible Book-Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers.
Fun idea for a story. And a fun spin on Little Red Riding Hood - in the background.
Feb 17, 2013
Rory
marked it as to-read
Feb 12, 2013
Amber Adams
marked it as to-read
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