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for When a Wolf Is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin and Kris Di Giacomo
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Edmond Bigsnout has an appetite for a “grain-filled, silky haired rabbit. A city bunny.” So the hungry wolf sets out with his knife, headed for the fifth floor of a tall apartment building where Max Omatose, miniature rabbit, resides. Edmond’s quest for dinner, however, is stymied again and again by friendly neighbors taking the same elevator. They all assume Edmond is a new resident. Each neighbor asks to borrow the cooking implement Edmond has run home to fetch for bunny-cooking—a chainsaw, a rope, a cooking pot, a grill. As it turns out, they are all headed to a rooftop barbeque, and “new resident” Edmond is invited. There he meets another wolf who strikes his fancy—as a life partner, not a meal. The neighbors ultimately kill Edmond’s appetite for rabbit with kindness in this hilarious cause-and-effect story. (Ages 5-8)
CCBC Choices 2018. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2018. Used with permission.
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Edmond Bigsnout is a lone wolf living out in a cabin in the woods. But lately, he has had a craving for urban rabbits. Urban rabbits can only be found in the city, so he heads there and finds one living in a tall apartment building. Unfortunately, this rabbit has a lot of neighbors who think Edmond is a kindly wolf neighbor and keep distracting him with helpful tasks. Illustrated with a muted and distinct color pattern emphasized by the mixed media and collage technique used by the illustrator.
Georgia Children's Book Awards Picturebook Award Runner-Up (2020), 2018 Batchelder Honor Award.
Author is a professor and librarian living in France.
French. Originally published in France as Quand le Loup a Faim by Éditions Kaléidoscope in 2011. English translation published in the United States by Eerdmans in 2017.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
ALA Youth Media Awards: 2018 Batchelder Honor Award Winner
A darkly humorous tale with a twist ending
Edmond Bigsnout, lone wolf that he is, loves his solitary cabin in the woods. But lately he's been craving urban rabbit for dinner, so he travels into the city to catch one. Unfortunately, the rabbit has a lot of neighbors—who mistake Edmond for a kind and helpful resident! Perhaps Edmond can become a good neighbor, despite his bad intentions.
Readers of all ages will devour this story about a wolf who decides that if you can't eat them, join them.
A darkly humorous tale with a twist ending
Edmond Bigsnout, lone wolf that he is, loves his solitary cabin in the woods. But lately he's been craving urban rabbit for dinner, so he travels into the city to catch one. Unfortunately, the rabbit has a lot of neighbors—who mistake Edmond for a kind and helpful resident! Perhaps Edmond can become a good neighbor, despite his bad intentions.
Readers of all ages will devour this story about a wolf who decides that if you can't eat them, join them.
Kirkus Best Picture Books of 2017
Cooperative Children's Book Center’s "CCBC Choices 2018”
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
