Fable: Wolf! Wolf!

Digital copy image of Wolf! Wolf! by John Rocco.  Amazon. Web 06 October 2010.<http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-John-Rocco/dp/1423100123#_>

Bibliographic Information:

Rocco, John. Wolf! Wolf!. New York, NY: Hypersion Books for Children, 2007. Print.

Summary:

This book is a twist on an old fable, the boy who cried wolf. It starts out with an introduction of the wolf, who is older now and is having a hard time weeding his garden. He hears someone crying wolf and realizes that it is a boy who is playing a joke. Upon hearing the boy, he sees a goat and asks if he can take it to help him, and instead of eating the goat, he uses him to eat his weeds. This book is humorous and a nice twist to a classical fable.

URL Links:

• http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/bryant19.htm
• This is the original version to the tale.

Activity Ideas for the book:

After reading the story students can then read the original story found at the web address above. Using a Venn diagram or t-chart students can compare and contrast this version from the original fable.

Themes/ Thematic Unit Ideas:

Telling the Truth, Community, Lying, Fables.

Memorable Passages from the book:

“The hungry old wolf was to slow to snatch birds, and to stiff to chase rabbits, so he tried growing food in a small garden” (Rocco n.p.).”

Literary Elements:

Genre: Children’s literature Fables, Conflict: The wolf is too old to weed his garden, the boy is playing a prank on the town.