The Wolf the Duck & the Mouse is another collaboration of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen (2017). I don’t think there’s a lot to say here about the book. This is a popular contemporary duo that speaks to a new generation of young readers. The story is short and clever. Punchy. “Ha-Ha”, as the kids text these days. The illustrations are simply nothing to write home about, IMHO. The single sentence on the dust jacket pretty much says it all, “This story is about a mouse, and how he got swallowed up by a wolf, and who he met down in his belly, and what happened after that.” The title tells us he met a duck. I need a young child to explain to me why Candlewick published this book. (Ouch!)
