My four year old son’s favorite book is easily Neil Gaiman’s “The Wolves In The Walls,” illustrated by Dave McKean. It was given to us by a friend as part of a care package after I had my daughter, and she also sent to my son his own pig puppet, which he loves to hold while we read the book.
I love reading this book to my son. The story is engaging, the characters are well developed in spite of the length constraints of the story book format, and it has funny little moments throughout. It’s also very easy to read out loud.
Overall, I highly recommend this book. It’s one of my favorite ones to read, and it’s my son’s favorite one to hear.
Of the book, my son had this to say:
What's your favorite part of the book? When the wolves come out of the walls, because I love them
Was there anything in the book that surprised you? When Lucy thought there was an elephant in the walls at the end
If you could be a character in the book for one day, who would you be? Lucy's mommy. Because I like when she tells Lucy there's no wolves in the walls but then she's wrong.
If one of the characters could come to our house to play, who would you like it to be? Lucy's brother, because I like everyone in the whole wide world.
If you had to pick one color to describe the book, what color would you pick? Why? Brown. Because we saw that in the pictures.
If you had to describe this book in one word, what word would you choose? Adventure
Did you like the ending of the story? Yeah, I like when Lucy said there's something in the walls again. The elephant.
Were there any new words that you learned from reading the book? Yeah, I learned about a tuba.
What do you think the author wanted us to take away from this book? Everything!
If you could ask the author one question, what would you ask? I would ask him why were the wolves even IN those walls.
Would you read other books by this author? Yeah, I want to read Coraline, because I saw the movie a lot of times. I want Wolves in the Walls to be a movie next!
Find it here:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wolves-in-the-walls-neil-gaiman/1100594180?ean=9780380810956
https://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Walls-Gaiman-Audio-Collection/dp/B002RSRP6A/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+wolves+in+the+walls&qid=1587337858&sr=8-1