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Little Wolf's Book of Badness (Middle Grade Fiction)

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In response to the review below, my 8-year old LOVED the "ly" endings to all the salutations in Little Wolf's letters. He also pointed out (with gleeful superiority)how funny it was that various words were mispelled. He was given this book after he thoroughly enjoyed the second in the series. Then his big brother took the book for a long look. Very funny, entertaining, goofy English humor. I love the ink splotches. I just wish they were already in paperback and I'd give them out!

This book created an interest in reading for my 7 year old at that time when reading became more of a struggle than a delight. We stumbled across Little Wolf's Book on the not so exciting weekly trip to the library. My son started reading the book in the car and for once I had to make him put a book down before coming to my dinning room table. My son read the book in four days and even took it to school and told some of his friends about Little Wolf. My son even took his own money and bought himself a journal. This book even encourages other good habits. To this day my son writes daily, sometimes twice a day. I am loving every bit of his enthusiasm toward reading and writing.

For the person who ridicules this book must have been born a reader, born a master of the English language and never had to start at A then make his/her way to Z! From my son's experience with this book I can attest to the knowledge we fail to recognize our children have. My son took the misspelled words and related to them. When he first began writing the words resembled the misspelled words in the book. He wrote the sounds he heard just as he heard them. It's all in the process of learning. It made my son feel better knowing that he is not the only one misspells words while writing. Little did I know this book was made for the 9-12 age groups, not for a seven year old, but it worked wonders. Built his confidence and created a passion for reading and writing. Thank you Ian Whybrow!

I bought this book and the other in the series for my nephew. He loves them! The map in the front allows him to follow Little Wolf's travels. My nephew is only 5 and an unusually good reader for his age. We began reading it together and soon he was reading it on his own because he did not see me often enough. The book bridged the gap between simple picture books and easy readers, to the Harry Potter level. It was a real page turner for him! We both wish there were more in the series!

Fun reading for third and fourth graders. Parents (or teachers) and kids can take turns reading aloud about the adventures of good Little Wolf as he learns to be a big, bad wolf. The character is really endearing. The illustrations and map are great. We're waiting for the next installment due out May 2000.

This book is about a wolf named Little Wolf. His parents send him to his uncle Big Bad to learn how to be bad wolf. When Little Wolf goes with Uncle Big Bad to eat Little Red Riding Hood , Uncle Big Bad gets beat up.

I think this book is good because it's a comedy. If you like a comedy, this is the book. People who like comedy and adventure will like this book. -- Anthony

I enjoyed this book so much that I took it to college and showed all my friends there. Why do I have the time to waste as such? Because my university is nowhere near as fun as Cunning College. Given the choice between Cunning College and a burger, I would choose C.C. Between C.C. and a reservation in the kingdom of heaven, C.C. wins again. Briefly put, I'd choose hanging out with Little Wolf over just about anything.

As for the reviewer who disapproves of the misspellings: boo shame to you. Teaching kids to recognize misspellings quite obviously improves "correct and standard procedure", and also draws attention to the possibilities of FUN in language. In any case, wolves are the greatest animals on God's earth. If Little Wolf chooses to spell "spoon", for example, as GIRHEIGHAervgori, then I salute him, as one must always salute a wolf.

As Bruce Springsteen once famously sang (and still does to the adoring middle aged inhabitants of New Jersey), "everybody needs a hunting wolf". Possibly the only true thing he ever said.

In my humble opinion, Little Wolf's book of badness rivals Joyce's Ulysses and Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov for the title of finest novel ever.

I loved this book, and i'm in my 40's! Little Wolf's postcards and letters home were so funny, the way he would use a different salutation in every one. I loaned it to a friend at work who is older than i am and she liked it too, so i would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good read.

I liked this book because I started it right when I got home and fell on the floor laughing it's soooo funny! I loved it!

I loved it! I liked it because it shows courage, and it was adventurous!

I loved this book because it was very funny and don't be surprised if a word is spelled wrong.