Wooolf! ByStephanie Blake, Gecko Press, $18.99

This is a version of the classic boy whocried wolf story. Here it's a little rabbit whocries wolf to get out of doing his chores. When his mum tells him to clean his room he cries ‘Wooolf!'. Whenthe teacher tells him to say the alphabet he cries ‘Wooolf!'— and everyone runs away and he can do whatever he wants. Then one day he's doing just what he wants— which happens to be having awee where he shouldn't— and there really is awolf. This book has lovely bright illustrations and a nice little twist at the end. Part of a series on Simon the cheeky rabbit, with other titles being Poo Bum, Stupid Baby and ICan’t Sleep.