Christine Naumann-Villemin

This is a fun story that shows the Big Bad Wolf as a lonely, rather nice guy. Edmond Bigsnout lives alone in the woods. When he gets hungry, he heads off to the city to find a fancy rabbit dinner. When he arrives at an apartment house, he sees that a small rabbit lives inside. The problem is that everytime he heads up in the elevator, he meets a resident who asks to borrow whatever implement he has with him like a pot, a chainsaw, a BBQ and more. When he finally arrives at the rabbit's door, he finds a sign that says he is up on the roof. Once he gets up there, all the apartment dwellers are having a party and he is invited. He gives up eating meat and becomes a vegetarian and moves into the apartment house. This is a short, quirky, read, that shows what friendship really is. This is a cute book for primary classrooms as a read aloud with lots of predictions and inferencing possibilities. The illustrations are great. They are not detailed, but they show expression and add to the story. They are large and colourful and will definitely get the attention of children. A good addition to a classroom or school library. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley.… (more)