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I wanted to share with you a book I recently read. The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman, a wonderful fun imaginative read, a picture book for early readers and lower middle grades.
The Wolves in the Walls
by Neil Gaiman Illustrator Dave McKean
Do you ever feel like you’re being watched, that possibly something is hidden behind the walls of your house? Lucy does. She hears their sounds, the low howls and growls, the pattering of paws and the soft scratching of whispers. She’s sure their wolves living behind the walls. Not only does she hear, but sees the glittering of their golden eyes staring at her from behind the cracks in the walls and through the eyes of paintings.
The first person she tells of this is her mother, who dismisses the idea trying to calm her fears. Surely, it’s a mouse making all that noise.
The next person Lucy tells is her father. He too hears the noise, but tries to convince her that it’s rats. If its wolves, and they break free of the walls, we will all have to flee.
The third-person Lucy tells is her brother, who is sure they are bats that she hears, and that she too is batty.
Nobody will listen.
Lucy goes to bed that night still somewhat fearful, but the noise has quietened for now. During the middle of the night the wolves break free, and burst through the walls. The family flees safely outside, but stares in disbelief as their home is no longer.
The biggest challenge Lucy and her family face is to return to the house. Not an easy task, for the wolves have made themselves very at home.
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a master of literature, the author of the well-known Coraline, and many other titles for both children and adults. The Wolves in the walls is a collaboration of ideas, based from a dream his daughter had as a young child and the Aesop’s fable, Never Cry Wolf. Like his other children’s novels, The Wolves in the Walls is a fun exciting story, cleverly crafted with an unexpected ending.
Dave McKean
The Wolves in the Walls is not only well written, but filled with eye-popping illustrations, created by artist Dave McKean. The drawings combined with the story make for a very exciting read.
Illustrations:
I would recommend this book for ages 6+
Titles by Neil Gaiman for children:
Coraline
Instructions
Crazy Hair
Blueberry Girl
The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish
The Dangerous Alphabet
Odd and the Frost
M is for Magic
I wanted to share with you a book I recently read. The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman, a wonderful fun imaginative read, a picture book for early readers and lower middle grades.
The Wolves in the Walls
by Neil Gaiman Illustrator Dave McKean
Do you ever feel like you’re being watched, that possibly something is hidden behind the walls of your house? Lucy does. She hears their sounds, the low howls and growls, the pattering of paws and the soft scratching of whispers. She’s sure their wolves living behind the walls. Not only does she hear, but sees the glittering of their golden eyes staring at her from behind the cracks in the walls and through the eyes of paintings.
The first person she tells of this is her mother, who dismisses the idea trying to calm her fears. Surely, it’s a mouse making all that noise.
The next person Lucy tells is her father. He too hears the noise, but tries to convince her that it’s rats. If its wolves, and they break free of the walls, we will all have to flee.
The third-person Lucy tells is her brother, who is sure they are bats that she hears, and that she too is batty.
Nobody will listen.
Lucy goes to bed that night still somewhat fearful, but the noise has quietened for now. During the middle of the night the wolves break free, and burst through the walls. The family flees safely outside, but stares in disbelief as their home is no longer.
The biggest challenge Lucy and her family face is to return to the house. Not an easy task, for the wolves have made themselves very at home.
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a master of literature, the author of the well-known Coraline, and many other titles for both children and adults. The Wolves in the walls is a collaboration of ideas, based from a dream his daughter had as a young child and the Aesop’s fable, Never Cry Wolf. Like his other children’s novels, The Wolves in the Walls is a fun exciting story, cleverly crafted with an unexpected ending.
Dave McKean
The Wolves in the Walls is not only well written, but filled with eye-popping illustrations, created by artist Dave McKean. The drawings combined with the story make for a very exciting read.
Illustrations:
I would recommend this book for ages 6+
Titles by Neil Gaiman for children:
Coraline
Instructions
Crazy Hair
Blueberry Girl
The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish
The Dangerous Alphabet
Odd and the Frost
M is for Magic
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