Pistes d'exploration

Based on the cover, the title and your prior knowledge of pig/wolf stories, predict what this book might be about.

Discuss how the pigs tease the wolf. What was the “last straw” for the wolf?

Write about teasing in your journal. Have you ever been teased? What did you do about it? What do you do if you see someone being teased?

Based on the cover, the title and your prior knowledge of pig/wolf stories, predict what this book might be about.

Discuss the tone of “I can” in this book and compare it with “I can/I can’t” in Caramba (Marie Louise Gay) and “I can” in From Head to Toe (Eric Carle).

Discuss teasing or testing someone vs. patience, encouragement and ability. 

Caramba, From Head to Toe

Mots-clés

Humour , Picture book , circus , pigs , teasing , Three Little Pigs , wolves

Commentaire descriptif

This story about empathy and bullying is portrayed with brilliant simplicity through the language of circus style call-outs. “Roll Up! We have caught a Wild Wolf!” Fancy fonts in various weights also allude to the circus theme, while encouraging young readers through the text. Stylish and delicate illustrations of characters, their circus costumes and props are depicted against a blank background. In an inversion of the classic fairy-tale, three round-bellied pigs frolic as they impose on the wolf: “I can dress him in a bow ... I can make him jump through hoops.” Whatever the trick, “Wolf Won’t Bite!” There is the opportunity to discuss these exchanges, both in terms of our treatment of animals and our relationships with one another. The beleaguered wolf cowers as a blindfolded pig throws knives: “I can miss him every time!” His eyes pop in alarm as he is shot from a cannon. The roles may be reversed but readers will still root for the underdog when the wolf is finally driven to “BITE!” The last spread shows the wolf with a mouthful of the ringmaster’s tail-coat, chasing the tormenting little pigs.