The Wolf (picture book)

The Wolf
Author	Margaret Barbalet
Illustrator	Jane Tanner
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	Children's picture book
Published	1991 (Penguin Books)
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	30 (unpaginated)
ISBN	9780670836147
OCLC	959302188

The Wolf is a 1991 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.

Publication history

1991, Australia, Penguin Books ISBN 9780670836147
1992, USA, Macmillan ISBN 9780670836147

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

"The Wolf". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 March 1992. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
"The Wolf". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 2 March 1992. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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 ..
"Human Rights Awards: Previous Winners". hrawards.humanrights.gov.au. Australian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
"Winners and Shortlists 1990 - 1999". archive.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
"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.

External links

Library holdings of The Wolf

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[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.