Copyright Date:
2016
Edition Date:
2016
Release Date:
07/26/16
Pages:
1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN:
Publisher: 0-553-53579-X Perma-Bound: 0-605-94278-1
ISBN 13:
Publisher: 978-0-553-53579-2 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-94278-3
Dewey:
E
LCCN:
2014040511
Dimensions:
28 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
Wally's got one wild and wooly problem. Even though his out-of-control fleece trips him up, gathers leaves and twigs, and keeps him from hugging his mama, young Wally does not think he needs a haircut. When the shears go "Swicka! Swicka!" and the clippers go "Bzzt! Bzzt!" Wally wigs out and hides between two large bales of hay. Mama shows him that haircuts don't hurt by getting one herself. The sheepdog, the horses, the bull, and the goats all get new hairdos too, but Wally's still afraid. "Cows got curls, donkeys donned updos, and the yak sported spikes. Even the pigs wore wigs." Wally is still not interested in a shear. Then the animals decide to have a haircut hoedown, and Mama asks Wally to dance; he wants to come out of hiding…but he's stuck thanks to his wool. He finally asks Mama to cut his hair and discovers that he loves the freedom of short wool. Driscoll's alliterative sheep tale is a satisfying-enough story of fears faced. Children scared of barbers or the shears will identify. The Photoshop-painted pencil-sketch illustrations are acceptable cartoon farm fare: smoky, smudgy, smiling animals with wacky mops. Still, among the annals of haircut resistance, amiable though this book is, it's not a radical departure from the rest. Cute—but it doesn't stand out from the flock. (Picture book. 2-6)
A bright barnyard tale from the author of Duncan the Story Dragon about facing your fears (and a pair of shears), and learning that a hug from your mama can make just about anything seem possible.
Wally does not need a haircut. His hair is perfectly fine.
Sure, it trips him up a tad and gathers a bit of greenery.
But Wally does NOT want a haircut.
He doesn’t even want one after his mama and their barnyard friends show off their own fun new ’dos. But when his unruly hair holds him back from the hoedown, he might have to reconsider.
"Full of terrific vocabulary that is not watered down for the audience, and the brightly painted, full-page illustrations are appealing and comical. Full of alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia, this humorous and cheerful picture book will be a fun read-aloud for the younger crowd."--School Library Journal