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An extraordinary pop-up book that reveals the secrets of the most famous fairytale villians: giants, wolves and witches.
Lift the flaps to get right inside each villain and see what’s hidden—behind their ears, under their clothes, in their pockets, even the victim of their last meal waiting to be rescued.
Read all about each villain on their personality card, which shows strengths and weaknesses, favourite pastimes, physical characteristics, their best meal and—of course—their favourite books.
This exquisitely produced book is like no other: a celebration of story that’s full of humour and detail, to mesmerise readers of all ages.
Lift the flaps to get right inside each villain and see what’s hidden—behind their ears, under their clothes, in their pockets, even the victim of their last meal waiting to be rescued.
Read all about each villain on their personality card, which shows strengths and weaknesses, favourite pastimes, physical characteristics, their best meal and—of course—their favourite books.
This exquisitely produced book is like no other: a celebration of story that’s full of humour and detail, to mesmerise readers of all ages.
12 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2018
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October 26, 2018
THE WOLF
I am the wolf. Everyone is afraid of me. Yes, it's true that I sometimes happen to eat (okay, DEVOUR) lost children, little pink piglets, grandmothers and occasionally even baby goats. I do love a nice bit of fresh meat. It's greedy, I know, but I can't resist! And thanks to my highly developed intelligence, natural cunning and exceptional athletic gifts, I always get what I want. I have agreed to reveal myself here - but sensitive souls beware... and watch out for any chubby little fingers that might slip down my throat, yummm! One condition: no hunters allowed. Aawoooo... Aawoooo!
This is an intricate and lovingly crafted lift-the-flap book created by Clotilde Perrin. She covers only three villains here: The Wolf, The Giant, and The Witch.
Each villain is gigantically rendered and absolutely full-to-bursting with hidden treats for children. You can expose each villain layer by layer, revealing secret pockets with treats to come out, pull-the-flap secrets, and secret messages.
Not only that, but the opposite page folds out in order to reveal a "More About Me" section in which Perrin explores the villain's strengths, fears, physical attributes, weaknesses, games I like, my library (I am the hero of many stories: The Three Little Pigs; Little Red Riding Hood; The Seven Little Goats; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; The Willow-Wren and the Bear; The Firebird and the Grey Wolf; Peter and the Wolf; Wolf Brother; Monsieur Seguin's Goat; Old Sultan; Wolfy), favorite foods, and distinguishing features (Burned tip of tail; multiple scars on the belly).
This opened page also reveals a story about this villain. For Wolf, Perrin has chosen The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats.
Tons of fun is to be had here. You can open Wolf's mouth and see that it is filled with vicious teeth and goats. You can peek behind his ears to see what a mouse and a child are saying to him. You can open his eye. You can open up his mind and see the brilliant ideas he is thinking up.
PROS
- Hours of entertainment for children.
- Three little fairy tales.
- Very elaborate lift-the-flap villains with moving parts, removable parts, and hidden secrets.
- Interesting illustrations.
- Perrin lists stories and fairy tales about our villain that you have never heard of. You can look these up and read these stories together with your children. Make a game out of it. See if your local library has them in stock.
CONS
- Will get damaged quickly. It's just too intricate and has too many little parts for small children. They will love it, but things will quickly become damaged and lost.
- Fairy tales are not, um, Disneyfied. If you know anything about Baba Yaga, you know she eats her own daughter. If the idea of cannibalizing your own beloved daughter (because you were tricked) sounds horrifying to you... or the idea of a woman chopping down a tree with her iron teeth creeps you out.... you haven't been reading Baba Yaga, which Perrin presents here with no qualms.
- Teaches hatred of witches. Some may find this problematic.
TL;DR Great, amazing, intricate book. Hours of entertainment. Both parents and children will enjoy. But I would never buy it for anyone - it would get wrecked within a week, guaranteed. Even as an adult reading it, I had to try extra-hard to be careful not to damage everything. It's very delicate.
Translated from the French. À l'intérieur des méchants
I am the wolf. Everyone is afraid of me. Yes, it's true that I sometimes happen to eat (okay, DEVOUR) lost children, little pink piglets, grandmothers and occasionally even baby goats. I do love a nice bit of fresh meat. It's greedy, I know, but I can't resist! And thanks to my highly developed intelligence, natural cunning and exceptional athletic gifts, I always get what I want. I have agreed to reveal myself here - but sensitive souls beware... and watch out for any chubby little fingers that might slip down my throat, yummm! One condition: no hunters allowed. Aawoooo... Aawoooo!
This is an intricate and lovingly crafted lift-the-flap book created by Clotilde Perrin. She covers only three villains here: The Wolf, The Giant, and The Witch.
Each villain is gigantically rendered and absolutely full-to-bursting with hidden treats for children. You can expose each villain layer by layer, revealing secret pockets with treats to come out, pull-the-flap secrets, and secret messages.
Not only that, but the opposite page folds out in order to reveal a "More About Me" section in which Perrin explores the villain's strengths, fears, physical attributes, weaknesses, games I like, my library (I am the hero of many stories: The Three Little Pigs; Little Red Riding Hood; The Seven Little Goats; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; The Willow-Wren and the Bear; The Firebird and the Grey Wolf; Peter and the Wolf; Wolf Brother; Monsieur Seguin's Goat; Old Sultan; Wolfy), favorite foods, and distinguishing features (Burned tip of tail; multiple scars on the belly).
This opened page also reveals a story about this villain. For Wolf, Perrin has chosen The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats.
Tons of fun is to be had here. You can open Wolf's mouth and see that it is filled with vicious teeth and goats. You can peek behind his ears to see what a mouse and a child are saying to him. You can open his eye. You can open up his mind and see the brilliant ideas he is thinking up.
PROS
- Hours of entertainment for children.
- Three little fairy tales.
- Very elaborate lift-the-flap villains with moving parts, removable parts, and hidden secrets.
- Interesting illustrations.
- Perrin lists stories and fairy tales about our villain that you have never heard of. You can look these up and read these stories together with your children. Make a game out of it. See if your local library has them in stock.
CONS
- Will get damaged quickly. It's just too intricate and has too many little parts for small children. They will love it, but things will quickly become damaged and lost.
- Fairy tales are not, um, Disneyfied. If you know anything about Baba Yaga, you know she eats her own daughter. If the idea of cannibalizing your own beloved daughter (because you were tricked) sounds horrifying to you... or the idea of a woman chopping down a tree with her iron teeth creeps you out.... you haven't been reading Baba Yaga, which Perrin presents here with no qualms.
- Teaches hatred of witches. Some may find this problematic.
TL;DR Great, amazing, intricate book. Hours of entertainment. Both parents and children will enjoy. But I would never buy it for anyone - it would get wrecked within a week, guaranteed. Even as an adult reading it, I had to try extra-hard to be careful not to damage everything. It's very delicate.
Translated from the French. À l'intérieur des méchants
January 7, 2020
On first glance this looked like a 5 star book. I loved the subject matter- fairy tale characters and who doesn't love a lift the flap book? But this was too short, not counting the front and back cover this has two pages. I loved the pockets with things in and the pull out objects but it needed more pages. It's also quite scary, the witch and the giant are both quite threatening. I don't like the way the giant is holding a chicken by the neck. Interesting but needs more.
June 7, 2019
Cheeky, subversive, Gothic take on the lift-the-flap formula. Absolute fairytale-perfection.
November 5, 2019
This book is fantastic! I love the idea that children open the 'flaps' to look inside at what the villain is like. It is a brilliant opportunity for children to develop their imaginations, whilst having a scaffold to spring-board. It is also a very pleasurable read - it is interactive and unlike the majority of other texts.
October 15, 2020
This book gives the reader insight to 3 of the big villains within Fairy Tales; the wolf, the giant and the witch.
It’s interactive and interesting including potentially unknown information about these villains as well as sharing a story in which they star in.
It would be really useful to use this book when exploring Fairy Tales to either explore these characters throughout drama or for children to write their own fairy tales using their new knowledge about the villains. Alternatively, children could create their own villains and replicate the structure of the book. Together they could create a class book about their villains, considering their personality, opinions and attitudes (looking at character development) and create their own story featuring a villain.
It’s interactive and interesting including potentially unknown information about these villains as well as sharing a story in which they star in.
It would be really useful to use this book when exploring Fairy Tales to either explore these characters throughout drama or for children to write their own fairy tales using their new knowledge about the villains. Alternatively, children could create their own villains and replicate the structure of the book. Together they could create a class book about their villains, considering their personality, opinions and attitudes (looking at character development) and create their own story featuring a villain.
April 9, 2019
This charming oversize book covers only three villains -- the wolf, the giant, and the witch -- but each has an enchanting tri-fold spread with a representative story, a set of facts, and a beautiful layered illustration with little tidbits tucked into pockets and behind flaps. It's appropriate for older kids who know how to be careful with books and who are able to appreciate and unpack the idea of the villainous archetypes that appear in variation in many stories.
August 10, 2019
‘Inside the Villains’ is a super concept for a book celebrating the tradition of fairy tale for children. It profiles three of fairy tales’ worst offenders; the wolf, the giant and the witch. There are just three pages in the book, each opening out to a triple spread page to profile the villains’ characteristics and modus operandi. From one section we discover such things as their strengths and weaknesses, such as greed, wickedness or perseverance, their physical attributes and distinguishing features, perhaps a huge belly, ugliness and a hooked nose. A typical story starring our villain can be read in the middle section and an illustration on the final section, depicting the wolf, the giant and the witch in all their glory. Look and feel a little closer and what we have is the chance to actually lift the flap on, pull the string of and peel back the smile to reveal the workings of a villain’s mind, the inside of a villain’s pockets, what’s under their hats, in their boots, up their skirts or beneath their jackets. Discovering the detail, the quirks and ploys of a wolf, giant or witch is great fun and hugely engaging. There is plenty to find and discuss and, of course, use as inspiration to design and make your own villain in a DT or art project. There is, after all, nothing like a young child’s empathy with a ‘baddy’ to inspire ingenuity. I sense all sorts of wonderful gadgets, attributes and objects could be found under flaps from this age. Not to mention the creation of a veritable ‘rogues gallery’; who’s to say we should limit the baddy to fairy tale, how about the devious characteristics and traits of a pirate, a burglar, a dragon or fox?
Whilst I would use this book with younger children, I think it is best placed in key stage 2 for its potential to widen the story repertoire of children, to encourage their comparisons and analysis and to deepen their awareness of stories from other cultures. The real joy for me in this book lies within the ‘My Library’ section. Clotilde Perrin supplies us with a list of stories containing wolves, giants and witches. Some are very familiar, truly embedded within our culture and the stuff our children should be growing up on; Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood would be readily recalled by children. Others are not so well known and therefore invite discovery and exploration, offering the reader challenge, new parameters for plot, character and setting, new twists in the tale, different perspectives on our villains and demanding new predictions and resolutions.
Have you heard of ‘The willow- wren and the Bear’ or ‘Old Sultan’, lesser known stories written or collected by The Brothers Grimm? ‘The Firebird and the Grey Wolf’ is a Russian fairy tale in which the wolf plays an unexpected part. ‘Monsieur Seguin’s Goat’ comes from France; a sad little tale of the endeavours of a goat to remain free in the lush mountain grass. We are introduced to ‘The Brave Little Tailor’, a tale collected by Grimm about a giant. Issun Boshi comes from Japan, and rather like Tom Thumb is the story of a much wanted son who only grew to one inch tall, but equipped with the heart of a warrior he sets off to find adventure. ‘Hop-o’- my- thumb’ is about a similarly small hero who cleverly defeats an ogre; his story originating from France. The story of ‘BabaYaga’, a ferocious looking woman who flies and dwells in a forest comes from the Russian fairy tale tradition, ‘Kirikou and the Sorceress’ has its roots in West African storytelling about a young boy who saves his village by defeating an evil sorceress. Exciting and fresh stories for children to listen to, read and compare. There are endless possibilities for drama and role play.
I reluctantly awarded this book four stars as I am left wishing for more villains and I wanted the fun to continue; three just doesn’t seem enough. (Perhaps there are difficulties in the production of a book like this?) However, here’s an opportunity for a class of children to develop the book. I think I would separate the evil step-mother from the witch because in some stories they are not the same character. I would include a troll on my list of villains and those irritating goblin-‘Rumplestiltskin’ type characters, as well as naughty girls who are mean to their sisters and eat other peoples’ porridge. Having collected and reminded ourselves of many more stories, I wonder how many more villains could be identified and profiled? Have fun!
Whilst I would use this book with younger children, I think it is best placed in key stage 2 for its potential to widen the story repertoire of children, to encourage their comparisons and analysis and to deepen their awareness of stories from other cultures. The real joy for me in this book lies within the ‘My Library’ section. Clotilde Perrin supplies us with a list of stories containing wolves, giants and witches. Some are very familiar, truly embedded within our culture and the stuff our children should be growing up on; Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood would be readily recalled by children. Others are not so well known and therefore invite discovery and exploration, offering the reader challenge, new parameters for plot, character and setting, new twists in the tale, different perspectives on our villains and demanding new predictions and resolutions.
Have you heard of ‘The willow- wren and the Bear’ or ‘Old Sultan’, lesser known stories written or collected by The Brothers Grimm? ‘The Firebird and the Grey Wolf’ is a Russian fairy tale in which the wolf plays an unexpected part. ‘Monsieur Seguin’s Goat’ comes from France; a sad little tale of the endeavours of a goat to remain free in the lush mountain grass. We are introduced to ‘The Brave Little Tailor’, a tale collected by Grimm about a giant. Issun Boshi comes from Japan, and rather like Tom Thumb is the story of a much wanted son who only grew to one inch tall, but equipped with the heart of a warrior he sets off to find adventure. ‘Hop-o’- my- thumb’ is about a similarly small hero who cleverly defeats an ogre; his story originating from France. The story of ‘BabaYaga’, a ferocious looking woman who flies and dwells in a forest comes from the Russian fairy tale tradition, ‘Kirikou and the Sorceress’ has its roots in West African storytelling about a young boy who saves his village by defeating an evil sorceress. Exciting and fresh stories for children to listen to, read and compare. There are endless possibilities for drama and role play.
I reluctantly awarded this book four stars as I am left wishing for more villains and I wanted the fun to continue; three just doesn’t seem enough. (Perhaps there are difficulties in the production of a book like this?) However, here’s an opportunity for a class of children to develop the book. I think I would separate the evil step-mother from the witch because in some stories they are not the same character. I would include a troll on my list of villains and those irritating goblin-‘Rumplestiltskin’ type characters, as well as naughty girls who are mean to their sisters and eat other peoples’ porridge. Having collected and reminded ourselves of many more stories, I wonder how many more villains could be identified and profiled? Have fun!
July 9, 2018
I loved this oversize book, and I cannot imagine a youngster who won't enjoy it. Not only does it reveal some of the secrets of the usual villains found in fairy tales--wolves, giants, and witches--but it does so with creativity and clever engineering. Readers will lift the sturdy pages to reveal a "More about Me" feature as well as a fairy tale featuring the villain in question. On the right-hand page, readers will lift flaps, pull tabs, and manipulate various parts to get the inside story on these characters. It's been a long time since I've had this much fun with a book, and I am terribly impressed with the book's design and content. Adults will find just as much delight in its contents as the youngsters with whom they share it, partly because of the sly way the text is written and the knowing attitude of those rascals we all love to hate. This one is a winner. I hope the author-illustrator has plans for a second volume or perhaps a third or a fourth.
May 17, 2023
Dans cet album interactif où le lecteur est invité à découvrir toutes sortes d’informations en ouvrant les différents volets, on s’intéresse aux personnages du loup 🐺, de l’ogre 👹 et de la sorcière 🧙 Et pour chacun des personnages, une histoire est mise de l’avant, donc encore un beau mélange entre narratif et courant, j’adore!
Il existe dans la même collection, À l’intérieur des gentils (un petit enfant, un prince, une princesse et une fée) et À l’intérieur de mes émotions (colère, tristesse, joie, peur et dégoût) que je veux absooooooolument découvrir!
@michelleetlesmonstres tu avais raison, il est parfait cet album.. et il peut plaire autant aux plus jeunes avec les différents trucs à manipuler (le côté visuel aide clairement la compréhension) qu’aux ados parce qu’il est magnifique et tellement inspirant.
On pourrait même l’utiliser à différents niveaux pour aborder les caractéristiques des personnages entre autre.
Il existe dans la même collection, À l’intérieur des gentils (un petit enfant, un prince, une princesse et une fée) et À l’intérieur de mes émotions (colère, tristesse, joie, peur et dégoût) que je veux absooooooolument découvrir!
@michelleetlesmonstres tu avais raison, il est parfait cet album.. et il peut plaire autant aux plus jeunes avec les différents trucs à manipuler (le côté visuel aide clairement la compréhension) qu’aux ados parce qu’il est magnifique et tellement inspirant.
On pourrait même l’utiliser à différents niveaux pour aborder les caractéristiques des personnages entre autre.
March 15, 2024
A fantastic book! This would be excellent to read with KS1/KS2 children. They would love lifting the flaps to explore the many fairy tale stories about villains.
September 27, 2019
An intricate and meticulously designed pop-up book which offers an entirely new insight into the character and secrets of notorious villains within Fairy Tales. Inside the Villains is exciting and fresh, allowing the reader to physically look beyond the exterior of the Wolf, Witch and Giant, to see what devious plans and deeds lie beneath. Constructed with detailed flaps, tabs and strings, I loved peeling back each layer of Perrin’s villains and know that children would be just as intrigued and absorbed by each page. I only wish that there were more villains in this story, but perhaps the quality of Perrins work overcomes this.
This book would allow for some deeper analysis of the baddies in Fairy Stories, and further inspire children to consider the secrets of other well known characters. It may even springboard more consideration about the little details of their own characters when writing or roleplaying. With pages that pull out to list details such as strengths, fears and tales where each character reappears, I think this story really helps to highlight reoccurring character conventions and traits within Traditional Tales, but still allow children to see that these characteristics can be used again and again to create something different.
This book would allow for some deeper analysis of the baddies in Fairy Stories, and further inspire children to consider the secrets of other well known characters. It may even springboard more consideration about the little details of their own characters when writing or roleplaying. With pages that pull out to list details such as strengths, fears and tales where each character reappears, I think this story really helps to highlight reoccurring character conventions and traits within Traditional Tales, but still allow children to see that these characteristics can be used again and again to create something different.
October 22, 2024
Inside the Villains by Clotilde Perrin is a wonderfully interactive book that offers countless teaching opportunities. The detailed, lift-the-flap design lets readers explore iconic fairy tale villains while learning about their stories, making it an engaging resource for highlighting characterisation in storytelling. This would be an excellent choice for a fairy tale topic in Reception, as it brings the villains to life in a way that perfectly encapsulates their roles within classic tales.
January 8, 2024
2,5 c'était fun mais pas tant que ça
January 18, 2024
I got this for myself at a fleamarket as an adult because it is honestly the most gorgeous book I have ever seen and I had to own a copy!
October 11, 2018
It was too brief....but entertaining none the less! This was a hoot! I think parents and children will enjoy readig this all too short, but lift the flap and pop-up book of what the big bad wolf thinks and eats! Also, a giant and a witch! It needed more creatures, but there is just the right amount of info to keep grade schoolers entertained. It's a fun read, tho' short.
April 12, 2025
THE WITCH
Bad fairy, sorceress or evil stepmother, I've been given many names. I'm the unpredictable queen of spells! My magic potions-powerful and terrible-let me transform creatures and things according to my fiendish desires. There's no limit to my wickedness! I hate people and often live alone in the depths of the woods. But this is your lucky day (or not...): I've agreed to open my door to you and reveal all my charms. Come in, children, come in, heh heh heh...my pockets are full of sweets! Come in...but beware all the same: you might find yourselves turned into toads or cooked in my cauldron!
Another find during today's bimble is this oversized delight. I have no idea where it will live but I am very glad we found it.
Although only 12 pages, it actually packs a lot in. Pop out illustrations contain a host of secrets under flaps and from within the page, accessed by strings.
Opening the full page folder outs also opens a deep dive into the villain, their strengths and weaknesses, the stories they feature in, and other key interesting facts.
But that's not all. The author also managed to fit in a full page classic story for each villain and I was very happy to see a Baba Yage story included. A full 5 stars for this and I will be recommending it to all my friends and family with children!
Bad fairy, sorceress or evil stepmother, I've been given many names. I'm the unpredictable queen of spells! My magic potions-powerful and terrible-let me transform creatures and things according to my fiendish desires. There's no limit to my wickedness! I hate people and often live alone in the depths of the woods. But this is your lucky day (or not...): I've agreed to open my door to you and reveal all my charms. Come in, children, come in, heh heh heh...my pockets are full of sweets! Come in...but beware all the same: you might find yourselves turned into toads or cooked in my cauldron!
Another find during today's bimble is this oversized delight. I have no idea where it will live but I am very glad we found it.
Although only 12 pages, it actually packs a lot in. Pop out illustrations contain a host of secrets under flaps and from within the page, accessed by strings.
Opening the full page folder outs also opens a deep dive into the villain, their strengths and weaknesses, the stories they feature in, and other key interesting facts.
But that's not all. The author also managed to fit in a full page classic story for each villain and I was very happy to see a Baba Yage story included. A full 5 stars for this and I will be recommending it to all my friends and family with children!
December 16, 2018
This book was over long before I was ready to be done with it! It's very short, only covers 3 villains, but it is absolutely brilliant. There are lift-the-flaps, fold outs, things tucked into pockets... all kinds of magical little treasures to discover. It's a huge book, which I think would make it really interesting and appealing to young readers. (Well, not too young... those who are old enough to know to be gentle with books. The parts are all paper and string. I didn't let my two-year-old near it, since board books don't even survive his perusal.)
June 18, 2019
This pop-up book will delight young and old as they lift the flaps to see what is inside of three evil villains of children's literature: the Big, Bad Wolf, the Giant, and the Witch (Baba Yaga).
First published in French, this is sure to generate squeals as readers see what each of these is really like. Teachers of older students might use this as a springboard to writing activities about these villains or "create your own villain" activity. Very clever.
Highly Recommended for browsing, PreS-grade 5.
First published in French, this is sure to generate squeals as readers see what each of these is really like. Teachers of older students might use this as a springboard to writing activities about these villains or "create your own villain" activity. Very clever.
Highly Recommended for browsing, PreS-grade 5.
January 8, 2020
Perrin covers 3 villains: the wolf, the giant and the witch.
Each has a lift the flap picture hiding what's in their hearts, minds, pockets, gullets, etc. along with a short introduction. But lift the page and you'll find hidden a long story about our villain. The wolf and the giant don't come across quite as terrible as they could but the Baba Yaga story at the end is truly, truly grisly .
Each has a lift the flap picture hiding what's in their hearts, minds, pockets, gullets, etc. along with a short introduction. But lift the page and you'll find hidden a long story about our villain. The wolf and the giant don't come across quite as terrible as they could but the Baba Yaga story at the end is truly, truly grisly .
December 9, 2021
I absolutely love the concept behind this book and the way it is put together to be so interactive. There is one part of the literature that I feel could be promotive of diet culture and I would want to be very careful with use of the text because of that. This is also a very short book, but what is written is multi-layered and engaging. I think this book could make for great research exploration, talking about different perspectives, loving others and it could make great writing/conversation prompts.
December 24, 2023
L'univers de Clotilde Perrin est incroyable, ses livres sont de vrais coffres au trésor. Un grand album superbement illustré, avec plein de petites choses à trouver et à toucher dans les poches, derrière les oreilles ou le museau, dans le ventre du Grand Méchant Loup... C'est drôle, c'est ingénieux, c'est du travail d'orfèvre !!
Et en plus, il ne coûte qu'une vingtaine d'euros, franchement, c'est donné vu la qualité de l'album !
Et en plus, il ne coûte qu'une vingtaine d'euros, franchement, c'est donné vu la qualité de l'album !
January 23, 2019
An oversize book with sturdy rich paper. Fold out pages and many moveable parts.
Presents a look at what's inside the villains of the Wolf, Giant, and Witch.
My favorite is the Wolf.
"More about me" is fun, funny, thought provoking and could be a writing prompt!
I especially like "My Library" for each villian.
Presents a look at what's inside the villains of the Wolf, Giant, and Witch.
My favorite is the Wolf.
"More about me" is fun, funny, thought provoking and could be a writing prompt!
I especially like "My Library" for each villian.
April 8, 2019
A beautiful, creative and wonderful book that will inspire readers to explore. I think this is incredibly inventive and kids will love poring over it. The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is that, with only 3 villains to explore, it is a bit short. I was expecting probably 2 more. My next problem is how to use this in our library and ensure it survives!
September 11, 2019
This is honestly one of the coolest books I have seen. The giant flap book looks at three famous fairytale villains; the wolf, the giant, and the witch. Each book gets four pages. One page is an illustration with flaps that literally show inside the villain. On the other side is a quote. The other two pages are filled with fact cards about the villain and a short story featuring that villain.
June 30, 2018
Perhaps one of the most unique and fascinating books (and largest trim size) I have ever read. You have to read it for yourself to understand. It's only a few pages, but you could spend hours with it. Bravo!
December 24, 2018
One of my favorite pop up books. This has 3 different villains that are popular in children's moral stories. You can read the story for each and then dive into their "inner selves". It is very clever and there are tons of secrets to uncover.
January 30, 2019
Great book- very creative; however, it was too short in characters- I wanted more. Also, the book is oversized and has many lift-a-flaps, etc. so it needs to be taken care of to last through multiple readers.
February 16, 2019
A thoroughly engaging book. Every child was practically clambering their way to my lap. They couldn't get enough. They wanted more! It is interactive, and well written what more could 8 and 9 year old hope for except a sequel!
November 28, 2019
Familiar fairy tale villains have all been given a character profile. This book has fold out pictures with what they're like inside their surface, almost like role on the wall. Such an interesting pov change and would be fun for children to dissect and recreate for other characters.
October 15, 2020
A brilliant insight into the villains in some of the favourite fairy tails. Giving lots of information and details that children may not have known before. Would be a great resource for the classroom and character development work
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