Module 9

Module 9

Where’s the Big Bad wolf?

Summary:

There are many strange things happening that Detective Doggedly just knows that Big Bad Wolf must be involved, but yet he is nowhere to be found. However the town is having some strange visitors that always seem to be around at each incident. Esmeralda, the “sheep” is always there to rescue the pigs when disaster strike their houses that she instructed them to build. One night Esmeralda got sloppy and it was revealed who she really was.

Citation:

Christelow, E. (2002). Where's the Big Bad Wolf? New York: Clarion Books.

My Thoughts:

I really enjoy fairy tale twists such as this one. It gives the reader an opportunity to see what if the story did not go as you originally thought. I like a good mystery and I enjoyed the character of the detective and just like in present day shows he was right on the verge of solving the case,  just waiting for the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place.

KIRKUS REVIEW

Three little pigs get some real bad advice from a wolf in a real goofy sheep disguise in this comical whodunit. The three little pigs are having their homes blown down—and escaping by the hair of their chinny-chin-chins—and Detective Doggedly believes it might be the work of the shiftless, no-account neighborhood wolf, the infamous BBW. But the only character found at the crime scenes is a newcomer to town: Esmeralda the sheep. Sure, kids will note, Esmeralda their foot, for her disguise is pretty transparent. She has also been giving the pigs construction ideas: straw is good, twigs are good, and cardboard’s not bad. Two cows suggest a brick house, which foils the wolf and ends in his unveiling and incarceration. Short-term incarceration, that is, as he’s soon back, this time tricked out as a horse, with more self-serving recommendations: “Pick peas after midnight, when everybody is asleep. They’ll taste sweeter.” So what if there are a few inexplicables here—How did the wolf con his way into that hospital bed?—this is good clownish fun, and the rough-and-tumble art keeps the farce bubbling.

Book Reviews. (2010, May 20). Retrieved from Kirkus Reviews: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eileen-christelow/wheres-the-big-bad-wolf/

Activity:

 

Create a case where the students must investigate to find clues to lead them to the Big Bad Wolf