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"늑대가 나타났다"고 거짓으로 외친 양치기 소년의 이야기를 이 책에서는 "소년이 나타났다"고 외치는 어린 늑대를 주인공으로 해서 재구성한 재미있는 내용입니다.

옛날 옛적에 동굴에 늑대가족이 살았습니다. 어린 늑대는 매일같이 먹는 양고기 햄버거나 초콜렛 사슴요리가 지겨워졌습니다. 어린 늑대는 엄마 아빠에게 Boy(소년) 요리가 먹고 싶다고 말했지만, 요즘에는 소년을 잡기는 커녕 만나기도 어렵다네요.

어느날 학교에서 돌아오던 어린 늑대는 못된 장난을 치기로 합니다. 그리고는 "소년이 나타났다"고 외치면서 동굴 속으로 뛰어 들어갔지요. 엄마 늑대와 아빠 늑대는 소년을 잡기 위해 뛰어 나와서 나무 숲 속을 달리고, 언덕을 뛰어 오르고, 냇물을 따라 내려가면서 샅샅이 뒤졌지만 소년의 흔적도 발견할 수 없었습니다. 집으로 돌아왔을 때는 저녁에 먹으려고 준비했던 돼지 샐러드 요리가 엉망으로 변해 버렸어요. 어린 늑대는 지겨운 돼지 샐러드 요리 대신에 맛있는 스낵과자로 저녁식사를 대신 할 수 있었지요.

그 다음날도 어린 늑대는 똑같은 장난을 치고, 엄마와 아빠가 소년을 잡으러 뛰어 나가는 바람에 엉망이 되어버린 저녁요리 대신에 스낵으로 저녁을 때울 수 있었지요. 그런데 우연히 어린 늑대가 친구에게 전화하는 것을 엿들게 된 엄마와 아빠 늑대는 이 모든 것이 어린 늑대의 장난이었음을 알게 되고, 앞으로는 절대로 어린 늑대의 말을 믿지 않기로 합니다.

다음날 어린 늑대가 학교에서 돌아오던 중에 수많은 보이스카웃 대원들이 숲 속을 지나가는 것을 보게 되고, 어린 늑대는 "소년들이 나타났다"고 외치면서 동굴로 뛰어왔지만...






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Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0142401595
ISBN-13: 978-0142401590
책 크기: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm



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Book Description
Little Wolf is tired of his mom's cooking! It's the same old thing night after night, Lamburgers and Sloppy Does. How he wishes his mother would serve up a nice platter of his favorite dish&150Boy! But Boy is hard to come by these days. As Little Wolf trudges home from school one day, he decides to postpone his boring dinner by shouting "Boy! Boy!" But what will happen when a real boy finally comes along? In this hilarious twisted tale, Little Wolf learns the same timeless lesson that the boy who cried "Wolf!" did so many years ago.


Publishers Weekly
When a spoiled Little Wolf pooh-poohs his Lamburger and Sloppy Doe dinner, Father Wolf dreamily recalls a true delicacy. There was a time when a clever wolf could snatch a shepherd boy off a hill, he muses, leaning back in his overstuffed easy chair. Why, there was nothing better than a steaming plate of Boy Chops... and some Boys-n-Berry Pie. He and Mother Wolf promise to cook the first boy their finicky son can find. Thereafter, Little Wolf teases his nostalgic parents by yelling, Boy! Boy! for kicks. By the time Little Wolf spies a dozen plump Scouts hiking through the forest, his folks don't believe him anymore. Hartman (Bible Bad Guys) names many storybook meals, including Three-Pig Salad (with bricks, straw and sticks) and Granny Smith Pie, but never explains why boys are such an elusive quarry. Raglin (The Thirteen Days of Halloween) pictures the wolves as rustic homebodies in old-fashioned clothes, and Little Wolf as a prankster in short pants. His fine-line pen-and-ink illustrations, which have the dense crosshatching of woodcuts, seem immobile despite the keyed-up activity. This glib reversal of The Boy Who Cried Wolf has its slapstick moments, but can't top Jan Fearnley's Mr. Wolf books for sinister hijinks.


School Library Journal
In this fractured Aesop's fable, Little Wolf longs for "boy" for supper rather than his mother's usual fare: Lamburgers, Sloppy Does, and Muskratatouille. When his parents promise that if a boy shows up, they'll track him down and cook him, Little Wolf puts it to the test right away by calling, "Boy!" which achieves the desired result of ruining dinner two nights in a row. His parents catch on and decide to ignore their son just as a pack of Boy Scouts shows up, with one even invading the den, much to Little Wolf's despair. Hartman's spare storytelling style is enhanced by Raglin's textured pen and colored-ink illustrations that are packed with nifty details: Little Wolf's high-tops, the wolf emblem on the scouts' flag, and the decor of the wolf den. A fun twist on a traditional tale.