Help! The Wolf is Coming! gets 3.5 Stars {Picture Book}

I absolutely love interactive books.  Don't Push the Button has been a favorite of all of my kids; it is my favorite interactive book.  I highly suggest you own it.  That book was the turning point for my youngest child with reading and books.  After we read that book for a week or so my youngest child began to enjoy all books; she loves reading books now.  Interactive books are fantastic books for the squirmier kids, young ones, and those that don't enjoy books b/c it gets them involved in the fun of reading.  Interactive books are a way to "Raising Readers."  

Help! The Wolf is Coming! by Cedric Ramadier is an interactive board book.  I was hopeful to find another good interactive book. 

I give Help! The Wolf is Coming! 3.5 out of 5 stars in my book review.  There were things I liked about the book, and there were things that I felt should've been done better.  I liked that it was an interactive book and the concept about a wolf coming to get you is fun.  I felt the simplicity of the colors and the pictures a great idea for the young age group.  

However, there were a few things I felt could've been done a lot better.  I think the interactive parts, the whole point of the book, should've been done better.  I feel the interactive instructions were repetitive; there was a lot of "Quick turn the page!"  I felt besides turning a page the only other interactive aspects was to tilt or tip a page rather than any tapping, scratching, or much of anything else.  

All in all, Help! The Wolf is Coming! is just an okay interactive book in my opinion; though I'm a pretty tough grader. ;) My kids enjoy this book, but it is not as interactive fun as I'd like.  I would say this book is best for toddlers through kindergartners, and any kid who struggles to stay put.    

Amazon has the following review from School Library Journal: 

"PreS-Gr 1—This interactive board book enlists the help of readers to keep an approaching wolf at bay. As the beady-eyed lupine looms on the horizon, the minimal text instructs: "Quick! Turn the page." To further thwart the wolf's advance, readers are tasked with shaking, tipping, and turning the book. Brightly bold yellow and green backgrounds glow with fervor and anticipation. In a clever, circular twist, the topsy-turvy escapades continue after the last page is slammed shut, with an alert: "Phew! The wolf has gone. Are you sure? Quick! Flip the book and check." VERDICT Boisterous fun in the spirit of Hervé Tullet's Press Here (Chronicle, 2011) and Adam Lehrhaupt's Warning: Do Not Open This Book (S. & S., 2013)."

Are you an interactive book fan?  Any favorites?

Happy Wolf Attacking Interactive Book reading! 


I received this book from Myrick Marketing in exchange for my review and honest opinion.  All of my thoughts, opinions, and words are my own.