The Wolves in the Walls

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Summary: I love the pictures!
Review: The wolves in the walls
If you like scary and funny book's this the perfect book for you
I liked it because it is funny and scary
When I read this book I liked it and you would probably like it if I would rate it would be a 5 because it is a good book. And lucy is telling her family that there is wolves in the walls but her won't believe her!

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Summary: Righteous!
Review: THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS is the latest work from the creative minds of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. The story involves a young girl named Lucy and her fear of the strange noises coming from within the walls of her house. She tries to convince her family that there are wolves in the walls, but they think she's being silly and offer other explanations. Unfortunately for Lucy and her family, she's right.

Although targeted at a younger audience, fans of Gaiman and McKean will surely enjoy this wonderfuly bizarre and humorous book. The artwork is incredible and sometimes a bit frightening (nothing that a kid couldn't handle, though), and the story is suitable and entertaining enough for a child, but it's more than enjoyable for an older reader. I'll surely be reading it over and over.

Lucy's character refuses to submit to fear and loss of hope. Her strength helps her to face the wolves, motivate her family, and retrieve what's dear to her. The book is beautiful enough to just simply flip through and admire the illustrations, but the story is offbeat, well-written, fun, and positive. However, by the end of the book, Lucy's troubles aren't quite over...!

Undoubtedly worthy of your time and money.

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Summary: I love the illustrations!
Review: The wolves in the walls

This author and illustrator make a great team!

I rate this book three stars because...it is a wacky book and because it is an out of this world book.

(...)I loved this book and so should you. So read this good book or the wolves will come out of your walls(...)!

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Summary: Wolves in the wall
Review: This is a very bad book, it's scary and not for children!!!!!!
The person who wrote this probably does'nt have children.
Don't buy this or read this to your children!!!!!!
It will give them nightmares.

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Summary: What creepy excellent fun!
Review: We've all come to expect nothing less than wonderful books (adult or childrens) from this duo, and they don't dissapoint with this volume. The illustraions and story mesh perfectly. This is likely to scare some young readers, but they will be heartened by Lucy's brave defeat of the wolves. Others will laugh at the silly contortions of the wolves taking over the house (and the family in the garden). A perfect introduction to Neil and Dave's work...move on to Coraline or The Day I swapped my dad for 2 goldfish. (See if you can find the missing word "she"'s not where she should be!)

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Summary: Even better than expected!
Review: What a strange, wonderful new book!
Neil Gaiman has long been one of my favorite authors, but I admit I had doubts as to how well he could write for children. With a history of gritty, streetwise characters, ( I'm thinking John Constantine, or maybe Door, here), I thought he might just be too edgy for the little ones.
All my fears were put to rest after reading The Wolves in the Walls, though for the kids they were just beginning!
The story is scary, especially accompanied by Dave McKean's dramatic illustrations. But, as surreal as the plot is, there is a comforting normality in the interactions of the characters.
Lucy, the young girl who is the only one of her family to recognize the danger lurking behind the house's walls, is reassuringly level-headed. She never panics, but reacts sensibly and courageously to the bizarre events which inspire only confusion and fear in her parents.
After the wolves come out, the family is forced to abandon the house. The mother and father, giving all up for lost, propose preposterous solutions to resolve the family's sudden homelessness. Dad thinks they might move to a desert island, mom suggests a hot-air balloon.
Lucy calmly rides out her family's panic, making some decisions about what is most important to her, and how best to save the day.
Gaiman never panders to children, and never assumes their fears are less valid than an adult's. Saying that, he also seems to have no qualms with playing off those fears.
I wish that as a child, I had read books that had really addressed my fears, and answered the question, just what if the wolves really had come out of the walls?

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Summary: An instant classic
Review: When did we all decide that being afraid was a bad thing?

I mean, being scared in the real world is no fun, but getting a spinal chill from a book or film is an excellent way for anyone - adult or child - to experience the emotion with a certain degree of safety. As adults, we all know the difference between fantasy and reality, and it's up to us to teach our children this most important of distinctions.

I think Neil Gaiman's new book does just that with style, humor and a certain snarkiness that kids will love.

As in his other book for younger readers, the magnificent CORALINE, Neil's protagonist is a young girl who knows much more of her corner of the world than the adults that surround her. She hears the odd noises behind the plasterboard and shouts warnings to anyone who will listen, but like most noisy children in fantasy stories she is hushed and ignored...and absolutley right.

When the wolves do come out of the walls, it is in a spectacular frenzy of horn-blowing and sinister merriment, made all the more frenetic and creepy by the masterful illustrations of Dave McKean. This man is more than just a pop artist - his work should be treated as seriously as possible...it's that visceral, that beautiful.

Reading this book with your child can have so many varied benefits: it entertains, frightens and encourages; it can open up discussions about the nature of fantasy versus reality, about wolves...even about the Queen of Melanesia (don't ask...just read the book).

There is no blood, no violence towards children, just wonderful writing coupled with breathtaking art. The book is a tresure, like it's creators.

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Summary: Neil Gaiman+Dave McKean=Beautiful, Creepy Fun
Review: When I picked up a copy of Wolves in the Walls at Borders, I knew I'd buy it because it was, afterall, Neil Gaiman's new book and I was there for the Reading/Q&A/book signing. But despite the fact that I'm a huge fan of Neil's and love anything he writes, I was a little hesitant; books are expensive, my bookcase is cluttered enough, and the only children I have to read to are my 4 and 5 year old nieces, who, I'm sorry to say, are easily frightened. Old People and Vacuum Cleaners scare them and I highly doubted they'd handle big wolves coming out of the walls very well. But when Neil read the book to the captivated audience of grownups (and two children), his matter-of-fact tone and impeccable delivery rendered the book more humorous than anything else.

The wording of the story itself is perfect, as Neil's wording always is. Even the fonts and their arrangement on the pages are perfect. The illustrations are wonderful--some are jagged and jarring and others are spooky and beautiful. They're the sort complex and layered pictures that a young child could stare at for ages, and then look at again when they're all grown up and feel eerily familiar with, as if they'd spent some of their childhood IN the pictures.

I haven't tried reading the book to any children yet, but I'm looking forward to the chance. Meanwhile, I'm quite enjoying it myself.

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Summary: Based on a true story!
Review: When the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over. Everyone says so--except Lucy. This book handles certain scary themes very well: night noises, monsters under the bed (or in the walls), family dynamics, etc. Lucy's down-to-earth resourcefulness and matter-of-fact bravery helps tone down the scarier parts of this book. Highly, highly recommended, both for the story, the prose, and the illustrations.

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Summary: It's a really creepy book and I like creepy books
Review: Whitney Wolves in the Walls

By Neil Gaiman

I would rate this book a four stars.
If you like creepy things this book is for you.
I like it when the wolves were scared of the family.
I hated it when the family had to go outside and stay there.
I also liked it when the wolves came out of the walls.

The wolves came out of the walls. The family went outside but then they decided to be in the walls for a little while. But then the family came out of the walls and the wolves
Were scared so then the wolves went out of the house and ran where no family can
Come out of the walls.

This book is for CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!