Wolfman

by Michael Rosen, Chris Mould (Illustrator)

Wolfman is on the loose and he is raging and rampaging through town like a terror! Lamp-posts have been ripped up, paving slabs chewed - even the Army has gone into hiding! A hilarious and brilliantly accessible short story with a reading age of 6, designed to help severely struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Humor

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Michael Rosen, a recent British Children’s Laureate, has written many acclaimed books for children, including WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, and I’M NUMBER ONE and THIS IS OUR HOUSE, both illustrated by Bob Graham. Michael Rosen lives in London.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Reviews

[Dee-Ann]

My son read this to me and we really enjoyed it, including the funny corny ending. The pictures were funny and the suspense had us hooked.

[Beth]

Age- KS1 (1-3)

Characters- wolfman, people

Story-
Run, hide, quick! Wolfman is on the loose, tearing up the street and chewing up trees. What can the Wolfman want? Everyone is too busy hiding behind their sofas to ask...
(fear of the wolf, but he actually needs the toilet)

Themes- appearance, feelings, first impressions

Classroom:
How would you feel if you were the wolfman? (feelings in body)
Drawings of how we all look different
Read for pleasure, predictions

[Raquel Pilar]

I liked the illustrations better.
The story is definitely engaging and funny at the end (where Wolfman just wanted to go the bathroom, poor thing)! But, I don't know, it is not among my favourites by Michael Rosen.

[Jennifer]

What an utter delight - this book takes a Michael Rosen story, adds Chris Mould illustrations and produces the whole with a view to accessibility for dyslexic parents.

The story has wonderful pace. Having recently spent time that was good for me on Michael Rosen's YouTube channel, I could hear him reading this aloud. The book looks like any normal picture book... well, apart from the claw marks which have made thrilling gashes in the cover. The illustrations are fabulous, especially the close up of Wolfman peering through the letterbox, and whilst I anticipated the general nature of the denouement, the specifics made me laugh out loud with joyful surprise.

[Fiona Mackie]

Good build up but disappointing finish. Was expecting much more :-(

[Jason Bootle]

Great fun this book, The kids loved it and the ending is funny.

[Dimity Powell]

Interesting and chuckle-worthy pics with a wee bit of humour at the end. Fun to read aloud.

[Wilde Sky]

A monster goes on a rampage as everyone hides and wonders what he wants.

This was an amusing short story for young children with good illustrations - the ending was a bit of a damp squib.