Wolfboy Is Scared

by Andy Harkness

40 pages, Paperback

Published September 14, 2023

About the author

Andy Harkness attended the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio from 1991-1993 and was hired at Disney Feature Animation in 1994. He began his career as a clean-up animator on "Pocahontas", and after three years in clean-up, moved into the layout department. In 2004, he was hired as an Art Director at Sony Pictures Animation on "Open Season".

In 2006 Harkness moved back to Disney and worked as an Art Director and Visual Development artist on many films. His first children's book, BUG ZOO was published in 2016. He currently works as a visual development artist at Sony Pictures Animation.

Reviews

[Theediscerning · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, this looked spectacular – but the plot, being no Gruffalo, probably needed that. Wolfboy is forced to take a shortcut with his friends the rabbits, and his harvest of berries, but that takes him into the territory of the feared Grumble Monster. This will add some frissons of laughter about being scared to some very young book times, and raise a discussion about fear and what we should be afraid of, but the plot really needed a bit more oomph. Still, I was very grateful to see this, not least because of the visuals, and the way they use digital clay (don't ask – just check out a copy) for the most enjoyable of pictures. But are they enough to get this to four stars? In the way you don't hum the LP cover, probably not, so three and a half it is.