Bad Boys Get Cookie!
Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WA -- School Library Journal, 3/18/2008
Bad Boys Get Cookie! CD. 9:48 min. with hardcover book. Spoken Arts (spokenartsmedia.com). 2007. cassette, ISBN 0-8045-6957-6: $27.95; CD, ISBN 0-8045-4180-9: $29.95.
K-Gr 3–Willy and Wally are back in Marge Palatini’s follow-up (Katherine Tegen Books, 2003) to Bad Boys (HarperCollins, 2003)—and the duo are just as bad. This time the two wolves have a sweet tooth problem, so pursuing an errant cookie seems like a good idea. This is one smart cookie, and despite traps, disguises, and tricks, he manages to elude the pair. However, perhaps he’s not as smart as he thinks as he makes his last escape. In this take-off on “The Gingerbread Man,” readers will enjoy the bumbling wolves, the sassy cookie, and the ending that leaves you wondering if either the wolves or the cookie have made a good choice. Jim Brownold narrates with gusto, creating unique voices for the characters. Listeners can peruse Henry Cole’s bright illustrations and enjoy the visual humor as well as the puns and fairy tale take-offs. A happy, amusing marriage of text and illustration.
