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Big Bad Wolf in My House (The) by Valerie Fontaine

Title: Big Bad Wolf in My House (The)

Author: Valerie Fontaine

Translator: Shelley Tanaka

Illustrator: Nathalie Dion

Publisher: Groundwood Books

Date Published: 2021

Format: Hardback

Genre:

Book Category: Picture Book

Age Range: 6-8

Original Title: First published in French as Le grand mechant loup dans ma maison, les Editions Les 400 coups, Canada, 2020

Country of Origin: Canada

Big Bad Wolf in My House (The)

by Valerie Fontaine
Age Range: 6-8

“He didn’t need to huff, or puff or blow the house down … The big bad wolf just walked in the door.” What happens when the big bad wolf enters your house and compromises the safety of the people living there, destroying more than just the foundation of the tangible house itself? How can you find alternative shelter, given the severity of the situation?

A lot of the time, people mistake a wolf for a sheep. No matter how horrible a person can be, they master the art of manipulation and fool others. Using the big bad wolf as a symbol for a domestic abuser, The Big Bad Wolf in My House is a paragon of a modern fable, telling the story how it should be told and stripping the wolf of his sheep’s clothing.

Created by the Canadian team of author Valérie Fontaine, illustrator Nathalie Dion, and translator Shelley Tanaka, the book transforms the villainous wolf from The Three Little Pigs into another type of monster that is now being talked about more in the 21st century.

The Big Bad Wolf in My House is written in the first person by a girl observing her mother’s new friend being emotionally and physically violent. To regain her safety, she tries building herself “another house inside [her] little bedroom,” made of blankets. She then tries building “a fort made of bricks…around [her] heart.” Finally, her mother decides to take the courageous step for her and her daughter, moving them both into a safer place. While there are no explicit details within the story itself that use the words “domestic violence,” there are resources in the back of the book: Kids Help Phone (in Canada), Women’s Shelters in Canada, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

A must-read for anyone who has experienced domestic violence and knows anyone else who has, or needs to be aware of what it looks like, The Big Bad Wolf in My House will be remembered for many years as one of the best fables of our time.

Catherine Hurwitz (Aug22)