Buckaroo Book Award (2007)
School Library Journal (2006)
Publisher's Weekly (2006)

Independent Reading Level: Grades Pre-K-2
Awards: Buckaroo Book Award (2007), School Library Journal (2006), Publishers Weekly (2006)

I think the ending of this is very gentle (i.e. a cop out). The boy is totally supposed to get eaten! But the illustrations are great and I think this is one of the best morality tales out there (especially if the boy gets it in the end). ( )

Independent reading level: Preschool - 3rd grade

This is a fun retelling of classic traditional literature - the moral of the story, always tell the truth. A boy in need of excitement, and not finding it from his sheep, runs into the village crying wolf. The adults come running and find no wolf. The third time there really is a wolf but the adults do not believe him and therefore do not come to his aid. The illustrations are bright and playful. Many scenes are from the view point of a fly, all you see of the adults are their legs running by. Happy story, but I think the added side dialog between the boy and the fly takes away from the story, I must be a purest! ( )