Wolfboy
Author: Andy Harkness
Illustrator: Andy Harkness
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Wolfboy stomps beneath trees, sploshes across creeks and leaps over steep ravines, growing hungrier by the minute as he looks for rabbits in the forest. Cumulative adjectives - "He was HUNGRY and HUFFY and DROOLY and GROWLY" - help to build the tension, and starkly-lit illustrations lend a horror film feeling to his hunt, which comes to a satisfying twist ending. Harkness' use of phonics and big feelings make this book a delight to read aloud.
The images in this book began life as clay sculptures. For an insight into Andy's artistic process, click here: WOLFBOY behind the scenes with Andy Harkness - YouTube.