Wolfie the Bunny, Ame Dyckman
Wolfie the Bunny, Ame Dyckman
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Wolfie the Bunny

Author: Ame Dyckman

Narrator: Mary Elaine Monti

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Families of all kinds will delight in this sweet tale of new babies, sibling rivalry, bravery, unconditional love...and veggies!

The Bunny family has adopted a wolf son, and daughter Dot is the only one who realizes Wolfie can--and might--eat them all up! Dot tries to get through to her parents, but they are too smitten to listen. A new brother takes getting used to, and when (in a twist of fate) it's Wolfie who's threatened, can Dot save the day?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on January 05, 2015

Not every child views the imposition of a new sibling as an interloper, but a fair number of them do. They’re just tooling along, enjoying the natural bliss that comes with being the one and only star in their parents’ firmament when BLAMMO! A squalling person of inadequate size is there, hogging th......more

Goodreads review by Beth on March 02, 2015

Wolfie the Bunny is one of those books that, as you're reading it, you're thinking, "Oh, OK. This is cute..." And then the more you think about it after the fact, the more you realize just how darling it really is. Or maybe that's just me.......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on August 04, 2019

When Dot the bunny and her parents return home one day, they find a baby wolf on their doorstep. Immediately smitten with this lupine youngster, Dot's parents adopt Wolfie despite their daughter's repeated warnings that he is eventually going to eat all of them. Although he soon has the elder bunnie......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on March 15, 2019

I love this book so, so much. My favorite illustration is Mama holding her vintage Polaroid camera and Dot is giving the stink eye behind her.......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 05, 2015

The whole family will read all these Goodreads Children's Illustrated book nominees for 2015 and rate all of them. This is a fairly typical poster colored story of a bunny family that finds a wolf cub on a doorstep and adopts them. The youngest bunny is most skeptical of this move, given the histori......more

Quotes

A Bank Street College Best Children's Book of 2016Parents Magazine Best Fictional Picture Book 2015ASLC Notable Book for Children SLJ Best of the YearNYPL 100 Titles for Reading and SharingThe Huffington Post Best Picture Books 2015Wilde Award Best Picture Books Ages 4-8

* "Interspecies adoption puts a fresh spin on the new-baby theme...A treat of a picture book."—The Horn Book, starred review

* "The text is seamlessly integrated with the illustrations and uses various fonts to good effect. OHora's acrylic paintings are the heart of this tale. They clearly show everyone's feelings from fear to sadness to joy to anger to love and everything in between, and there are brilliant bits of humor and whimsy added to the mix. VERDICT: A great book for one-on-one sharing that's also sure to be a storytime hit."—SLJ, starred review

* "This gets all the elements of the successful picture book just right: a familiar scenario (sibling rivalry), a scary adversary, a display of courage, and a happy ending. And then there's the art!...A crowd-pleaser for crowds big and small."—Booklist, starred review

* "Dyckman's (Tea Party Rules) rousing, warmhearted story opens as a family of city-dwelling bunnies discover a wolf cub in a basket on their front stoop. "He's going to eat us all up!" cries daughter Dot. But Papa proudly snaps pictures of Wolfie chowing down on carrots ("He's a good eater!"), and Mama's smitten, too. OHora's (Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!) distinctive folk-naif spreads poke gentle fun at hipster families--Papa and Mama are decked out in cardigans and argyle, while Dot and Wolfie shop at a food coop selling such wares as locally-sourced bamboo. More laughs come from the irresistible contrast between Dot's sweet bunny countenance and her furious glares of rage. "I knew it!" she hisses when Wolfie bares his fangs while they're shopping. But he's not baring them at Dot--he's worried about the huge bear behind her. In a gratifying showdown, Dot overpowers the bear ("Let him go!" she yells. "Or...I'll eat you all up!") while Wolfie proves he's not only trustworthy but full of love."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The first fresh twist on new-baby angst I've seen in years...The text is pitch-perfect, and the art is its match."—Chicago Tribune

"A sunny reversal of the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing yarn."—USA Today

Awards

  • CCBC Children's Choice
  • Illinois Monarch Award Master List
  • CCBC ChildrenÂs Choice
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