Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews

Lone wolf Edmond Bigsnout sets off from his country home to kill and eat a "city bunny"—and becomes enmeshed in a life-altering adventure.From the start, the text and the masterful, mixed-media artwork are both funny and suspenseful. The elegantly dressed wolf strides across the autumn-tree-studded initial pages, sharp knife in carefully manicured paw, as he heads for his urban craving: "a grain-fed, silky-haired rabbit, one with just a hint of sweetness." The wolf rides his bike to the city, soon finding an apartment building with a promising tenant for his culinary desires: "Max Omatose, miniature rabbit, 5th floor." In his haste to reach said floor, Edmond leaves his knife in the elevator, where it is soon appropriated by a third-floor turkey. Edmond pedals back to the country, this time grabbing his chain saw. Each time he arrives with a different sinister tool, some other resident, thinking Edmond is a new tenant, gratefully borrows the tool. (Edmond may be bloodthirsty, but he is unfailingly polite.) By the time he has lugged a barbecue to the apartment house, the hungry lone wolf is greeted by the most come-hither-looking lupine lady in picture-book history: Miss Eyestopper. Edmond is still determined to eat that rabbit, but fate steps in and ensures a happy ending for everyone. As funny and as exquisitely put together as Edmond Bigsnout himself. (Picture book. 4-9)

Horn Book (Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)

One day, a woods-dwelling wolf has every ambition to eat a "city bunny," but each time he tries to get to his prey's door, its fellow apartment dwellers inadvertently thwart him (by borrowing his rabbit-killing knife to slice a cake, etc.). The story, whose meticulous illustrations accommodate humor and menace, is a whip-smart merger of fairy-tale motifs and modern-day mores.

Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)

Lone wolf Edmond Bigsnout sets off from his country home to kill and eat a "city bunny"—and becomes enmeshed in a life-altering adventure.From the start, the text and the masterful, mixed-media artwork are both funny and suspenseful. The elegantly dressed wolf strides across the autumn-tree-studded initial pages, sharp knife in carefully manicured paw, as he heads for his urban craving: "a grain-fed, silky-haired rabbit, one with just a hint of sweetness." The wolf rides his bike to the city, soon finding an apartment building with a promising tenant for his culinary desires: "Max Omatose, miniature rabbit, 5th floor." In his haste to reach said floor, Edmond leaves his knife in the elevator, where it is soon appropriated by a third-floor turkey. Edmond pedals back to the country, this time grabbing his chain saw. Each time he arrives with a different sinister tool, some other resident, thinking Edmond is a new tenant, gratefully borrows the tool. (Edmond may be bloodthirsty, but he is unfailingly polite.) By the time he has lugged a barbecue to the apartment house, the hungry lone wolf is greeted by the most come-hither-looking lupine lady in picture-book history: Miss Eyestopper. Edmond is still determined to eat that rabbit, but fate steps in and ensures a happy ending for everyone. As funny and as exquisitely put together as Edmond Bigsnout himself. (Picture book. 4-9)

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

In terms of weaponry, Naumann-Villemin-s edgy picture book gives the board game Clue a run for its money. Hungry for a -grain-fed, silky-rabbit,- a wolf named Edmond Bigsnout bicycles into town to find one. After letting himself into an apartment building that-s home to one -Max Omatose, miniature rabbit,- Edmond makes the rookie mistake of leaving his knife in the elevator. Another resident swipes it (-That-s just what I need to cut this cake!-), so Edmond returns home to retrieve a chainsaw, since -sliced rabbit is delicious, too!- But another neighbor asks to borrow the chainsaw, and so it goes with the rope, cooking pot, and charcoal grill Edmond brings to the building after subsequent back-and-forth trips. French writer Naumann-Villemin-s story seesaws between neighborliness and menace, and Di Giacomo (Have You Seen My Trumpet?) is along for the ride, giving Edmond sharp fangs-and a dapper tuxedo-while alternating between shadowy, thriller-worthy moments and Edmond-s humorous interactions with the building-s residents. Eventually, gentility, vegetarianism, and the prospect of romance win out, delivering a happy ending for wolf and rabbit alike. Ages 4-8. (Aug.)