Oscar the Grouch meets Frog & Toad in this hilarious illustrated early reader series about a cranky wolf on a quest to be left alone.Wolf’s library book is overdue, and the librarian says if it’s not returned today, he will never ever be able to check a book out again. Wolf loves books. He can’t let this happen.
Even worse: the book is due by the end of story time. Story time means tons of children having noisy fun. Can Wolf get to the library in time while avoiding his nemeses—other people—and preserve both his books . . . and his sanity?
Move over, Elephant & Piggie! For readers who have had enough of the buddy duos, for kids who’d rather play by themselves—Wolf is the antihero you’ve been waiting for.
Lone Wolf Goes to the Library is another hilarious early reader starring the completely lovable, chronically grumpy Wolf, a character who affirms kids who fly solo better than with friends. Kids who are beginning to read on their own won’t be able to get enough of Kiah Thomas’s sarcastic stories, perfect whether read alone or out loud, and K-Fai Steele’s laugh-out-loud illustrations will give any kid, no matter their reading level, a new favorite series.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
On sale: May 27, 2025
Age: 6-9 years
Grade: Grades 1-4
Page count: 48 Pages
ISBN: 9780823457809
Kiah Thomas is passionate about books that kids and adults can enjoy together. She is the author of the picture books
Allergic Alpaca,
Foothand Elbownose, and
Madeline Talbot Has a Bunny on Her Head, and the middle grade novels
The Callers and
The Hidden Forest. She lives on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, with her husband, three children and at least seven stuffed toy penguins.
K-Fai Steele is the author and illustrator of
A Normal Pig and
All Eyes on Ozzy!, and the illustrator of numerous other picture books, including
Noodlephant by Jacob Kramer,
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? and
I Made These Ants Some Underpants by Derick Wilder, and
The Brilliant Ms. Bangle by Cara Devins. She is a recipient of the James Marshall Fellowship at the University of Connecticut and the Ezra Jack Keats/Kerman Memorial Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Born in Charlton, Massachusetts, she now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The tightly focused sentences move briskly in Thomas and Steele’s third wryly clever installment; developing readers will giggle while eagerly turning pages. The art again perfectly suits the droll, understated text as googly-eyed, squat kids and a desiccated, grumpy librarian join the crotchety but somehow cuddly Wolf. . . . Another can’t-miss outing with an irresistible, introverted antihero.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
