![]() ![]() After that, there’s no knowing what will happen next, as while stalled in traffic jams or nodding off at night, the boys chime in and the story races on and Waldo finds, if not necessarily dinner, his just desserts.įirst published in 1947 and wonderfully illustrated by Warren Chappell, William McCleery’s Wolf Story is a delicious treat for fathers and sons and daughters and mothers alike. William McCleery (19112000) was born in Nebraska and spent his early career as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor. Waldo the wolf is sneaking up on Rainbow the hen, when Jimmy Tractorwheel, the son of the local farmer, comes along. ![]() ![]() As a creative but exasperated father is forced to spin what was once a very slight, simple fairy tale into an extended, epic saga to please his five-year-old son, what emerges is both an ode to the power of creativity and of the love between a parent and a child. It is as Michael always demands: a Wolf Story, which begins one night at bedtime and spins wildly on through subsequent bedtimes and Sunday outings to the beach and park in a succession of ever more trickily tantalizing episodes. William McCleerys 'Wolf Story' is half childrens book, half book about children. This irresistible book is about: a father his five-year-old son, Michael (intelligent, crafty, addicted to stories) Michael’s best friend Stefan (stalwart listener, equally addicted to stories) and, well-what else?-a story. ![]()
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