About the Author

Emily Gravett is an author/illustrator of exceptional talent. Twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, her sharp wit and seemingly effortless drawing have created such brilliant picture books as Wolves, Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears, Monkey and Me and The Odd Egg. Emily lives in Brighton with her family and their two dogs, Otto and Edith.

Reviews

Everything that Emily Gravett turns her pen to is gold . . . another outstanding work of elegance, suspense and insight into a child's inner feelings.
*The Times*

Children will roar with pleasure
*Observer*

Full of vitality and movement from beginning to end
*Scotsman*

PreS-K-Wolf is the underdog in Gravett's story about three bigwig circus pigs. The tuxedoed ringmaster, muscle-shirted strongman, and tutu-clad acrobat have gone hunting with a huge butterfly net and caught a large, unkempt gray wolf. With hoopla and dramatic typeface, the pigs put him through his paces: "I can make him jump through hoops!" "I can shoot him through the air!" "I can lift him off the ground!" "I can make him dance a jig." but (to quote the confident refrain) "WOLF WON'T BITE!" Truly, the creature looks more perplexed and put-upon than fierce through most of these trials. Gravett's watercolor and oil pencil illustrations, which have the endearingly old-fashioned simplicity of a circus poster, feature three plucky, competitive pigs who take no notice of their star attraction's facial expressions. Readers, though, can't help wondering whether it's time to start worrying. Wolf Won't Bite! is an entertaining and original spin on the old wolf-and-pigs theme. It will delight children.-Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Everything that Emily Gravett turns her pen to is gold . . . another outstanding work of elegance, suspense and insight into a child's inner feelings. * The Times *
Children will roar with pleasure * Observer *
Full of vitality and movement from beginning to end * Scotsman *