Lone Wolf On Vacation
Written by Kiah Thomas and Illustrated by K-Fai Steele
An Amazon Best Book of the Month, Ages 6-8
★"The ever-cantankerous and yet thoroughly lovable Lone Wolf is back. . . . With short, engaging chapters and delightfully funny scenarios, this story builds both humor and tension as Lone Wolf’s hopes for quiet are continuously dashed. Sentence structure starts simple and gradually becomes more complex, supporting growing readers while entertaining them. Word repetition and patterning help build confidence, and the colorful illustrations offer strong visual cues without overwhelming the page. The humor escalates with every page turn, making this book a fun read-aloud and a great tool for encouraging independent reading. A must-have for early reader collections and an excellent continuation of the series."
—School Library Journal, Starred Review
"Wolf['s] energy is Oscar the Grouch meets Wile E. Coyote. . . Fans of the first two series outings will appreciate the appearance of recurring characters . . . but each book’s dry, off-kilter situational humor stands on its own merits. Steele’s watercolor and pencil illustrations have a classic cartoon appeal. . . . A sequence of illustrations in which Wolf tries to avoid a “snotty little boy” whose mucus subsequently befouls the library’s book return chute is LOL funny as is the look of horror on Wolf’s face when the driver of a nearly empty bus proposes a singalong. These transitional readers will appeal to kids who like their humor with a heavy dose of irony."
—The Horn Book
"The ever-apprehensive Wolf sports red-accented tennis shoes and his usual vexed expression; his protruding eyeballs register his stress. The color-washed settings are sometimes night-dim but sometimes sunny. Just as Wolf—mostly—maintains his sangfroid, the wryly funny text never loses its understated calm, with its quick, brief sentences describing our hero’s travails as he skirts disaster. . . . Readers riding waves of amusement will howl for more."
—Kirkus Reviews