Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Bob Hartman is a professional storyteller and award-winning children’s author of over seventy books. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now lives in Wiltshire. He has been entertaining audiences on both sides of the Atlanticfor over 30years with his books and performances, which bring togetherretellings of Bible stories and traditional tales from around the worldwith his own imaginative stories. His books are full of humour and insight, whilst his storytelling sessionsare exciting, engaging, dynamic – and aboveall, interactive! The Lion Storyteller Bible is used in schools across the United Kingdom as part of a Bible projectcalled Open the Book, and is regularly performed for over 800,000 children in more than 3,000 primary schools. He is well known for his hugelypopular The Lion Storyteller collection, the Telling the Bible series, and the highly acclaimed picture books: The Wolf Who Cried Boy, Dinner in the Lions’ Den and The Three Billy Goats’ Stuff.Tim Raglin earned a degree from Washington University's School of Fine Arts in St Louis and immediately launched into the world of freelance illustration. Tim is also involved with a children's video production company, where he writes, illustrates and directs his own films, and has wona Grammy Award for Best Children's Recording. Tim has also won a silvermedal from the New York Society of Illustrators, a Reader's Choice Award(for The Wolf Who Cried Boy) and a Parent's Choice Award (for Bill in aChina Shop).

The illustrations put me in mind of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are with their cross hatching shading. Little Sheep's expressions are always a joy and there are some nice visual jokes that start on the very first page... Good fun.