The Wolf (picture book) explained

The Wolf
Author:	Margaret Barbalet
Illustrator:	Jane Tanner
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Genre:	Children's picture book
Published:	1991 (Penguin Books)
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	30 (unpaginated)
Isbn:	9780670836147
Oclc:	959302188

The Wolf is a 1991 Australian children's picture book by Margaret Barbalet and Jane Tanner. It is about a family that is terrorised by a wolf over a number of months but upon allowing it into their house realise that it means no harm.

Reception

A review in Kirkus Reviews described The Wolf as "An allegory concerning fear, with an almost painfully dark, heavy atmosphere.."^[1] while a Publishers Weekly review concluded "Though this unusual book may not be for all tastes, its stark drama makes a vivid impression."^[2]

The Wolf has also been reviewed by School Library Journal^[3]

It won the 1992 Australian Human rights Award for Literature in Children's Fiction,^[4] was shortlisted for the 1992 CBCA Early Childhood Book Award,^[5] and is a 1993 AISLE Read-Aloud Books Too Good to Miss book.^[6]

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Library holdings of The Wolf

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Wolf . 1 March 1992 . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC . 22 September 2018.
2. Web site: The Wolf . 2 March 1992 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. 22 September 2018.
3. Web site: The Wolf . Carolyn Noah . ..the unseen wolf in this contemporary Australian moral tale takes on surreal proportions not seen in children's books since Van Allsburg's Jumanji ... Barbalet creates a web of suspense, which Tanner completes ... polarislibrary.com . Glenview Public Library . 22 September 2018.
4. Web site: Human Rights Awards: Previous Winners . hrawards.humanrights.gov.au . Australian Human Rights Commission . 22 September 2018.
5. Web site: Winners and Shortlists 1990 - 1999 . archive.cbca.org.au . The Children's Book Council of Australia . 22 September 2018.
6. Web site: Read Alouds Too Good To Miss 1990-2017: Selected by Indiana School Librarians: 1993 Intermediate. 11 December 2017 . ilfonline.org . Indiana Library Federation . 22 September 2018.