Wolf and the Seven Little Kids [Hardcover]

Ann Blades (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

A delightfully domestic retelling of the well-known Grimm tale Ann Blades's warm and witty retelling of this classic children's story centers on the happy home life of seven goat kids. When the Wolf tries to trick the kids, the youngest manages to outwit him and overcome the calamities that befall his hapless siblings. Then Mother Goat returns home and calmly sets about repairing the damage, saves her children, and dispatches the wolf in a no-nonsense manner.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Watts complements a classic folktale with a quaint, warmly detailed country setting and cast of bipedal animals. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3?A newly illustrated version of the folktale in which a mother goat warns her youngsters not to let anyone in while she is away, only to find that they have been duped by a wicked wolf and that six of them have been eaten. This straightforward version is complemented by quaint, colorful illustrations with just the right Old World charm. The oversized pages have many endearing details for little eyes to pore over. Older readers may enjoy the more humorous illustrations in Eric Kimmel's Nanny Goat and the Seven Little Kids (Holiday, 1990), but this is an adequate addition.?Lisa S. Murphy, formerly at Dauphin County Library System, Harrisburg, PA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Groundwood Books (September 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0888993641
• ISBN-13: 978-0888993649
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,386,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars happy memories, April 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Hardcover)

Ann Blades' version of this familiar Grimm tale is delightful. It took me back to my childhood, when I spent many happy hours studying my books of Grimm's fairy tales. The soft-edged, colorful drawings are appealing and playful. I consider this a very nice book, and have ordered several as gifts.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Book From Childhood, December 1, 2007

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Under Much Grace "www.undermuchgrace.com" (Michigan by way of Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The wolf and the seven kids (A Random House pictureback) (Paperback)

I wrote this as part of a blog post and didn't want to see it go to waste. I'm 41 years old, and my mother can still quote large sections of the book from memory because I begged her to read it to me so many times! I believe that this story has really helped to shape my life for the better, even though I would grow up to fall for the deception of a wolf that had all the appearances of being safe. I'm so glad that I had this story so deeply engrained in me when I did.

"The Wolf and the Seven Kids" was about an evil wolf that, despite the mother goat's wise instruction about how to spot wolves, deceived her seven baby goat "kids" while she was away. That wolf uses some very clever, deceptive tricks to break into the home and devour all but one of the kids. With the wolf asleep in the backyard of mother goat's house, the one little survivor who had hidden in the base of a grandfather clock told his mother what had happened. Mother goat goes into the yard, cuts open the belly of the (apparently very profoundly tired wolf), liberates her children who were saved from being swallowed whole. The kids find six rocks to replace in the void of the wolf's stomach, and the mom sews the wolf shut (before he wakes up) with the sewing kit that the kid who hid in the clock brought to her. The wolf awakens saying "What is this that knocks against my poor bones? I thought it was kids, but it feels more like stones!" He thirstily hobbles over to a well to draw out some water and falls in - to his death - instead. Mother goat and her baby kids join hands and dance around that well, rejoicing that their foe had been conquered, all resulting from the effects of his own actions."

If they're are any Christians out there, you are welcome to come and read my blog post about the book. Some of the elements don't relate to the book, but I do talk of the impact of the moral message on my life.

http://undermuchgrace.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-monikers-and-cat-in-box-for.html

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Hero, Mother Goat, December 6, 2000

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"bcbg7187" (Riverdale, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Hardcover)

The Wolf and the Seven Kids is an excellent story to use for children when teaching them about the dangers of talking to strangers. The illustrations in this story are vibrant and grab the readers attention. Even though there is a graphic scene where the wolf eats six of the seven kids the mother saves her children by cutting them out of the wolf's stomach with a pair of scissors and then fills his stomach with rocks and sews him up. This shows the mother as the hero because she saves her children. This is an excellent story but I would be careful about reading it to younger children because they may get scared when the wolf eats the kids.