Keiko Kasza

A wolf has a plan to fatten up a chicken before he plops her in his stew, but his plan goes awry in a silly way.

My daughter liked this story when she was three, but then and now I was pulling for the tasty stew. Happy ending be damned, I choose to believe the wolf is just playing the long game in order to have an endless supply of soup stock down the road.

Moka the dog had a perfect life with his human friend Michelle, until the day she read him a book about wolves, and he realized that he was simply too domesticated. He wanted to know what it felt like to run free, hunt for his food, and howl at the moon, so one night, he ran away...

The Dog Who Cried Wolf is an engaging picture-book about wanting to be something or somebody else, and will have young readers eager to know what happens next. Short and sweet, it is accompanied by Kasza'a show more charming and expressive illustrations, and would make an excellent, feel-good story-hour selection. The ending in particular, will win a chuckle! show less

This book made me smile! This is Kasza's first published book in America and it's pretty great! The art is pleasant and entertaining to look at, and even kids who are having a hard time reading on their own will like flipping through it just for the fun pictures.

Plot: The main character is a wolf who absolutely loves to eat! He decides he wants to have chicken stew, and finds a chicken that he plans on devouring. At the last minute, he decides she isn't plump enough and before he eats her he show more wants to fatten her up. He begins to anonymously drop off delicious pastries in large quantities at her coupe, and on the day he decides to come back to see if she's grown plump enough he finds out instead that he has been feeding the delicacies to her many, many children. Mama Chicken feeds him dinner, and he bashfully leaves thinking to himself that maybe he'll keep baking them food.

I feel like this would be a good book to start a discussion with children about doing the right thing, their favorite foods, and how it can feel good to make things for other people. show less

Both my kids enjoy this book. Choco is a cute little, yellow bird who goes in search of his mommy just like the bird in Are You My Mother?. Only Choco doesn't succeed in finding a mommy who looks just like him. Instead, he finds Mrs. Bear who holds him, kisses him, and sings and dances with him--all the things that Choco thinks a mommy should do. I like this book very much, but I am a little discomforted by Choco finding Mrs. Bear and then going off to her house to live with her. Still, it's show more a book about talking animals, so I think my reaction might be a bit silly. Besides, my kids seem to get it. show less