Lucy and the Big Bad Wolf

With some echoes of Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf, Lucy meets a wolf who is convinced that he will eat her (she is wearing a red anorak, after all!). However, Lucy convinces him otherwise and has him accompany her to London where she is to spend the summer with her grandparents. The wolf, once he gets used to modern life outside the forest, shows a flair for helping people and also living life to the full - much to the consternation of some of his new found friends who are never quite sure what is going to happen next. The book whizzes along at a rollicking pace, and Littlewood's flair for facial expressions leaves one in no doubt as to what may or may not be going through people's minds at any time in the book. The book can be read aloud as well as on its own, although its length requires that the child reading it alone will need some (reading) stamina.