The author, Ed Young, is a very famous Chinese
illustrator who is well-know for drawing beautiful children’s picture books. This
book was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1990. The genre of this book is a cautionary
Chinese folktale and verse. An example of nonsexist children’s literature with
a suspenseful tone, It describes three sisters who stay at home alone and a
hungry wolf which sees them and tries to work out various methods in order to
enter the house to eat them. The wolf disguises itself as their grandmother and
knocks at the door. The clever elder sister discovers the wolf’s deception and
thinks up a smart plan to capture the wolf and save her sisters and herself.
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