Betsy Who Cried Wolf

Levine writes so well for children of all ages; I'd love to read something she aims at adults.  And Nash's illustrations were perfect for this.  It's a little too long for tots, but perfect for 2nd grade.  Funny, and smart.  And don't miss the endpapers with the extra wit!

This is the remake of the classic "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". I am more inclined to those original tales, but this was an alternate ending picture book for children. This could also be an activity or lesson on alternate endings for books. This has lots of vivid illustrations, which could help teachers introduce predicting in the classroom to keep students engaged. Even though, I felt like there was a few key elements missing, it is still a good read for children.

has lots of voice. so great for teaching voice. longer story so for higher grades such as 2nd and up. they thought wolf wanted to eat the sheep but he wanted pie

As a child I had only hear "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" I had never actually read it, I just knew it was calling somebody a liar. This book is much different from the actual tale. In this book Betsy is the new Shepard in town and there is a wolf that is very hungry and very lonely. He tricks Betsy to make her cry wolf twice and each time she got in trouble for there not being a wolf around. The third time no one showed up, so she gave the wolf her lunch so he would not eat her sheep. After that she realized he did not really want to eat her sheep he was just hungry and lonely. They became friends and he helped her herd the sheep around. The illustration in this book was cute, I liked how he added the air bubbles from the sheep telling what show more they were thinking. show less

CG used to be scared of the wolf, but now (at 4) enjoys the way the wolf transforms. Great art, and much humor in the pictures as well as in the words. And a cool, strong girl at the center.

I loved this. It had cute illustrations with humorous speech bubbles and an interesting twist to---and even continuation of--the original folk tale The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Summary:
8 year old Betsy takes her shepards oath and she is betermined to be the best sheep shepard in history. Zimmo, a hungry wolf with a plan, tries to trick Betsy into calling wolf so much that the other shepards believe her when she really needs them to come to her rescue. The wolf comes out and when Betsy yells "wolf" no one came to help her so Betty threw her own lunch at the wolf and the wolf ate the lunch instead of the sheep. Betsy brought lunch everyday for the sheep and the wolf helped Betsy herd the sheep and found that he was a natural sheep herder.

Personal Reaction:
I loved this book. The illustration are beautiful and the morals were clearly written. It showed that a shepard can be friends with who think is a wolf. I show more think it is important to give people a chance at being a friend before we label them as a big bad wolf.

Extensions:
1. Frienship luncheon
2. 3 legged race show less