Wolves by Emily Gravett, which won the 2006 Kate Greenaway Medal, is an imaginative, cleverly illustrated and delightful picture book for 5 to 8 year olds.It follows a rabbit who goes to his local "burrowing" library to check out a book on wolves. As he immerses himself in the book, he fails to notice that the characters have actually come alive.
Kirkus Reviews commented "that like many postmodern picture books, the mixed-media illustrations call attention to the book itself, and establish a relationship between the deadpan text and the endearingly expressive rabbit."
Emily Gravett was born in 1972 in Brighton. She left school with few qualifications and spent 8 years living on the road before settling back in Brighton and getting a place on the BA Illustration course at Brighton University.
The following is an extract of an interview with Emily Gravett from the PanMacmillan website:
Why do you think picture storybooks have such an important place in young learners' lives?
The time that parents spend cuddled up looking at, and discussing picture books with their child can foster a warm association with books that spills over into their adult lives, but picture books are not just about producing fluent readers. Picture books teach children visual literacy, the relationship between word and image, about emotion, the physical world, and the world of the imagination. They are about getting lost in the moment. They can be exciting, or challenging, sad, or soothing, but all at the child’s pace. They can be picked up, put down, carried around and re-read hundreds of times. There’s no other medium like them. They enrich children’s lives.
There are copies of the book in our Branch Library System. Teachers may wish to note that there are 8 copies of the book in the School Library Network.
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