This irresistible book is about: a father; his five-year-old son, Michael (intelligent, crafty, addicted to stories); Michael`s best friend Stefan (stalwart listener, equally addicted to stories); &, well-what else?-a story. Oh, & a wolf. It is (it`s what Michael always demands) a Wolf Story, which begins one night at bedtime & spins wildly on through subsequent bedtimes & Sunday outings to the beach & park in a succession of ever more trickily tantalizing episodes. Waldo the wolf is sneaking up on Rainbow the hen, when Jimmy Tractorwheel, the son of the local farmer, comes along. After that, there`s no knowing what will happen next, as while stalled in traffic jams or nodding off at night, the boys chime in & the story races on & Waldo finds if not necessarily dinner, his just desserts. First published in 1947 & wonderfully illustrated by Warren Chappell, William Mc Cleery`s Wolf Story is a delicious treat for fathers & sons & daughters & mothers alike.