<i>My First How to Catch the Big Bad Wolf</i> is a simple, but cute children’s book that pays homage to the fairytales of our past and the big scary wolf that dominated them, from <i>Little Red Riding Hood</i>, to <i>The Boy Who Cried Wolf</i>, and finally to <i>The Three Little Pigs</i> we see a little girl work through her feelings about the wolf and her desire to stop him from ever being bad again.

The illustrations are cute and colorful, engaging enough to keep any young reader interested. It does assume a little knowledge about the three stories above, so it may be best to introduce those to your kiddo before reading this one but it’s not one hundred percent necessary.

Truth be told, it’s a pretty fun story. I don’t think it’s one that I am super interested in getting, though. I feel like this is the kind of book you pick out at the library and don’t ever really revisit.

This is a perfect night time story for any child under the age of 5. It combines lots of different nursery rhymes. Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback!

The rhyming was cute, but I hated that the font was a mix of uppercase and lowercase that didn't follow a set of rules. This book expects a lot of prior knowledge of fairy tales for the plot to make sense which a younger child who could appreciate the rhyme scheme might not have.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Cute little story book full of imagination and bright colors. All the imaginative ways the child would help her story book friends.

Cute book that combines a lot of nursery rhymes. That being said, if a child is not familiar with nursery rhymes, I feel it loses its charm. The book does have great illustrations and could be used to introduce nursery rhymes too.

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Kids for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

How To Catch the Big Bad Wolf is a cute picture book aimed at children toddlers and kindergarten aged children. The narrator is a young girl who loves fairytales. She has decided that the big bad wolf is a villain that needs to be taken care of before he hurts the other fairy tale characters. She uses three stories (The 3 Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and The Boy Who Cried Wolf) and comes up with unique and creative ways to catch the big bad wolf. The illustrations by Joel and Ashley Selby are really cute and whimsical with lots of color and detail to make the story fun. We read this together and even the 8 yo was interested in the creative solutions, even though he said it couldn't happen. We discussed that they were fairytales and not real, so he was okay with that. The younger two enjoyed the story, but when I asked if they wanted to read it again, or if one of the older ones wanted to read it to me, they passed. This tells me that it is a one time read for us, so not a huge success.

This rhyming picture book follows a familiar rhythm and pace while telling how to catch a familiar character: the big bad wolf. Part of a series, this book joins others like How to Catch a Garden Fairy, following similar formatting and style. Every second page has a short 4 line stanza. The font is fairly large and easy to read, and is supported by large, colourful illustrations. I think this would be a fun book for young readers and is likely to be a popular series. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book!

This book was very cute and can be used in a lot of ways within the library. The illustrations are detailed, colorful and interesting. The rhyme scheme flows well and would be excellent for an interactive story time! Following the wolf through multiple fairy tales is creative and I think kids will really like this book.

I loved this book, as did my three year old. It is so much fun! I love how all the story connects all the fairytales and turns it into one grand adventure. I think that wolf might just have found his match! Who doesn't love a good sweet trap. Kids are going to love this book. What book loving kid hasn't dreamed of diving into a favorite story and becoming part of it. I can't wait to recommend this book and use it for Storytime. Thank you so much to Sourcebook Kids and Netgalley for allowing me to read an advance copy of this title.

I am trying my hardest for 2023, to clear my books backlist and that means reading and reviewing books from Netgalley, that I have gotten in years past like this one. This was a very cute picture book aimed at children aged 3-6 years old. We meet our little girl narrator who loves fairytales as a child doesn't. Of course, as we all know the villain of most fairytales is a Big Bad Wolf. In How to Catch the Big Bad Wolf, the little girl will go through fairytales and nursery rhymes like The Boy Who Cried Wolf and the Three Little Pigs to Little Red Riding Hood and come up with some creative ways how to catch the big bad wolf before it can do any harm to the characters of the books in the stories. The illustrations created by Joel and Ashley Selby are also very beautiful and fun and exciting that makes children and adults want to pick up this picture book. This is one picture book you can't go wrong with as what child doesn't like fairytales?

This was a cute story about catching the Big Bad Wolf. My child liked seeing all the different fairy tale characters, as well as all the ways the little girl worked on catching the Big Bad Wolf. It would work as a great intro to the other stories for a little one, or as a way to finish reading all of them!

My First How to Catch the Big Bad Wolf combines multiple fairy tales into a story about the big bad wolf. Ages 3-7

To fully understand this book, the reader need experience with all the stories (pigs, boy who cried wolf, little red riding hood, etc). It does bring up the question of how would you trap the wolf? I could see this being a fun experience for kids to make their own idea of a wolf trap.

LOve how they intertwined the different fairy tales, and how they wrote it in a sing song-y tone. The pictures are fun, and bright. I love how it ends with a good night!

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Wonderland for a free digital copy.

An imaginative retelling of some nursery stories featuring the big bad wolf. I think it's clever and will have kids starting to think outside the box.

The story is a very fun engagement with fairy tales. I think this would encourage great creativity for readers and brings older stories back to the present. This is a great book.

My six year old daughter and I love reading this book. It’s a great twist to a classic tale. The cartoons are fun and colorful! Great on an iPad.

A super cute way for children to insert themselves into fairytales and start to understand how stories work. Walstead succeeds at telling the story simply for young audiences while still communicating the breadth of the child’s adventure. Illustrations by the Selby’s bring the story to life in a cute and fun way.

This book seemed very rushed. It did not provide any context for children to look back on, as to who the big bad wolf was. Many students may not have connected the wolf to be the same in all three stories and a review of who he is and what he did would be valuable to establish context for young readers. Next, for each of the traps, the silliness for how they would trap the wolf was a bit random and did not have a lead up. For example, the house of candy just randomly appeared, the writer did not provide suggestions or a build up that maybe the wolf loves candy and by building a house of candy it would entice him to enter where a trap would be. In the story it is just a candy house, unsure how that is a trap? Wouldn’t he just eat it? This book did provide plenty of opportunity for students to discuss how they would trap a wolf allowing for a lot of classroom activities to be built on. Overall, I think this book needs to add a bit more before pieces of descriptive background before it can be used in a classroom.

This book was just ok for me although I’m sure others may feel differently. It may have to do with the rhyming or the style of illustrations.