Mouse Bird Snake Wolf

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Mouse Bird Snake Wolf
Mouse Bird Snake Wolf.jpg
First edition
Author David Almond
Illustrator David McKean
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's fiction, fable
Published2013 (Walker Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages80
ISBN 9781406322897
OCLC 900348795

Mouse Bird Snake Wolf is a 2013 graphic novel, written by David Almond and illustrated by David McKean. It is about three children who create animals from inanimate objects.

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Reception

A Guardian reviewer described it "a folktale or creation myth" and wrote, "There is a captivating simplicity about the unshowy language. By contrast the pictures are dramatic, striking, gorgeously lyrical." [1]

Publishers Weekly , in a starred review, wrote, "First cousin to Philip Pullman’s imaginings, this contemporary fable about man's power to create and to destroy may be controversial in settings where questioning biblical creation stories is taboo, but where questioning is encouraged, it will challenge and provoke." [2] A Kirkus Reviews called it "haunting .. Wild and alive". [3]

Mouse Bird Snake Wolf has also been reviewed by Booklist , [4] Library Media Connection magazine, [4] The Horn Book Magazine , [4] The School Library Journal , [4] Reading Time , [5] and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books . [6]

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References

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  2. "Mouse Bird Snake Wolf". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. "Mouse Bird Snake Wolf". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Mouse, bird, snake, wolf: Reviews". Washington County Cooperative Library Services. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. "Mouse Bird Snake Wolf". Reading Time. 57 (3). Children's Book Council of Australia: 20. August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.[ dead link ]
  6. Karen Coats (June 2013). "Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond (review)". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 66 (10). Johns Hopkins University Press: 452. doi:10.1353/bcc.2013.0366. S2CID   84881043 . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  7. Chilton, Martin (23 June 2014). "Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal 2014 winners announced" . The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  8. "USBBY's 2014 Outstanding International Books List". School Library Journal. Media Source Inc. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2016.