This is a good book, which has nice illustrations and rhyming text. The story is about a wolf who loves reading and who goes to the library a lot. He realises that in every book there is always a hero who is strong and handsome. He thinks he can never be a hero then. But one day a lot of book characters come to the library and he helps them all out in different ways. Can he really be a hero too? This is a fun book, which I really enjoyed.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Another excellent fairytale-inspired book from Lucy Rowland. Bookworm Wolf has realised that, despite featuring in many stories, wolves are never the heroes. When a giant comes to the library, Wolf realises that maybe the hero of his story doesn't have to be like the ones he's always read about.

A Hero called wolf by Lucy Rowland.
Wolf loves reading. There's just one problem. The more he reads, the more he starts to realize something. . . Every book has a hero; the heroes are handsome, tough and strong; and most importantly, the heroes are never, ever wolves.
A lovely read with lovely illustrations. My girls loved it. 5*.

This series featuring fairytale characters reading and sharing books is a librarians dream! The perfect blend of old and new, traditional and modern.
Little Red Reading Hood and the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book are exceptional stories to share with children. This latest one features the wolf, who loves books but doesn’t see himself perfectly represented in stories. He is always the baddie, villain or crook and he wants to change this! The librarian gives him pen and paper but before he can pen his tale, other characters enter the library needing help, which the wolf happily provides!

Charming illustrations set these books apart from the rest, and are such fun to read with the lyrical rhymes and fun voices to do!

I will be buying this for the school and likely for my own collection at home!

This is a great story about stories, in particular those we tell about ourselves. With bright, colourful illustrations, this story of a book loving wolf who becomes aware that all the stories with wolves in them are negative and wants at least one where the wolf is the hero, is smart and fun. It looks at the questions around what is a hero, particularly about the difference between appearances and actions. It also looks at inclusion, about being able to find yourself reflected in positive stories as the hero, which is, I feel, an important issue in children's books. I loved the positive librarian and the empowering message of writing your own stories as you want them to be. Overall, I loved this one!

I lived Little Red Reading Hood and this follownuo does not disappoint. Children will love this tale about subverting expectations to be your true self

My 8 year old daughter thought this book was amazing.
It was great finding out that anyone can be a hero.
The pictures were lovely too.

I love the adorable illustrations and the fun colour palette in this gorgeous book. The story is terrific, the messages are clear and essential, and the characters are lovely! Loved every page!

Lovely rhyming tale which gets the moral across. Perhaps a bit didactic at times but this is balanced out by the illustrations showing Wolf doing kind and helpful things which aren’t mentioned in the text. Also love the covert hint on how librarians
can be pretty heroic - a good book can definitely help with solving problems!

I enjoyed this cute story of a wolf who discovers through his love of the library and reading that wolves are often the villain in stories.
He learns that heroes aren’t defined by their physical appearance but by their actions and that his actions make him a hero. He tells a story with the wolf as a hero, redefining his narrative.
I found that the rhyme scheme was sometimes hard to follow but that could have easily been due to the layout of the digital edition and may be clearer in the final copy. Also very cute illustrations, not my personal style but well done.
I think this would be a fun story to read with children and had a nice message that you’re actions can define you as a hero.

I really enjoyed this book - A flowing rhyming text that is accompanied by beautiful illustrations. This book defies stereotypes and shows children that they can be a hero just by being themselves. It’s not about how you look or being strong a hero is someone that helps others along.

In primary schools this would be ideal for linking to fairy tale topics or PSHE topics. Of course it is also perfect on its own as simply a brilliant book for story time.

Definitely one that will be a hit at bedtime for little bookworm!

A superlative read, that never slacks in its rhyme scheme, or meter, or in the illustrations – or in the sucking up to librarians. Our lead character is a wolf anxious about how he comes across in all the stories he gets out the library to share in some bizarre kind of reading circle, and has just been told by the librarian to write his own hero story, starring himself, only for real life to get in the way. But what kind of real life (and this is a fairyland kind of real life we're talking about) could inspire the wolf's story?

It's a love letter to libraries, and stories, and the right kind of hero – a kind and inventive one, not the strongest or hunkiest type. And I cannot see it failing to appeal, for it's attractive, clever and really good fun.