Wolf Story - Hardcover

McCleery, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0208021914 ISBN 13: 9780208021915

Publisher: Linnet Books, 1988

Synopsis

A young father tells his five-year-old son humorous variations on the theme of a hen escaping the clutches of a wily wolf.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

ony Heald
One cassette / 1 hour 8 mins.

Take one young boy, his father and their bedtime ritual--a story.  Five-year-old Michael has somehow managed it so that he gets to order up the basic ingredients of each night's story, whereupon Dad spins the tale and adds the embellishments.  The only thing is, Michael doles out the same essential ingredients each time:  a foppish wolf named Waldo and a hen named Rainbow.  As bedtimes go by, the stories become more and more outlandish.  Not only that, they spread out into the daytime, too!  So what used to be bedtime ritual is now an anytime-he-can-get-his-Dad-to-squeeze-in-an-eipsode arrangement.  And as the delightfully absurd story unfolds (and unfolds even more) we can't help smiling while whitnessing the eternal battle between good and evil as orchestrated by a five-year-old boy.  It's no wonder that this endearingly funny and down-to-earth class

About the Author:

As a journalist William McCleery was an Associated Press reporter and editor, as well as a magazine editor.  He turned his talents to the theatre, as playwright for a host of productions includingtwo on Broadway:  Hope for the Best and Parlor Story.  He has also written several books.

READER BIO:
Anthony Heald's filmwork includes The Client, The Pelican Brief, Searching for Bobby Fisher, Silence of The Lambs, and Postcards From the Edge.  He has starred on Broadway in Anything Goes and Love! Valor! Compassion!

About this edition

• Publisher: Linnet Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0208021914
• ISBN 13: 9780208021915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 88
• Illustrator: Chappell Warren