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Pic from Portugal last year. I loved the weather!

“Vermette challenges the familiar narrative of the scary wolf who is the antagonist in most fairy tales. The girl is lost with only the wolf to help her, but across the narrative she learns to trust the wolf.“ Read the full review of this Indigenous remix of Little Red Riding Hood here: https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/xvii-2/5/

How could I resist this new edition of Wolf's Rain? The Perfect Edition collects both manga volumes and has some tiny extras. It's also a new translation.

I watched the anime and read the mangas when I was a teen and loved it dearly. As a grown I can say that two volumes are not enough for this story to be fully told. I wish there was more. Still, I loved being reunited with those wolves again and also saw some aspects that are still current.

This novel is heartbreaking. I liked the characters, even Luke, the father of Edward and Cara. The story is told from each character‘s perspective. The love shared between them is strong. 4.5/5

A children‘s novel full of wonderful illustrations of Wander, a wolf, journeying over a thousand miles in search of a home.

I enjoyed this book immensely.

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“Whine, whine, whine”

Since this book doesn‘t have words, I think a good lesson in the classroom for it has to do with comprehension having the students write words for the book.

It's a wordless book, aside from onomatopoeias.

This book is good for independent reading (no words), but you could make a read-aloud work too, (maybe). I think most kids will enjoy the content (friendship with/helping out an animal).