If you were a big, hungry wolf and found a fluffy bunny in the forest at night, would you eat it? This is the decision that plagues the protagonist of What’s for Dinner? by Larysa Maliush, author-illustrator from Belarus now living in Berlin.
The story begins on the endpapers with a bunny following a frog into the forest, where a pack of wolves is AHWOOO-ing in anticipation of the hunt. But one wolf, straying from his companions to sing his own -better- song alone, runs into a a sobbing, lost, FLUFFY bunny. Should he follow the laws of the forest and gobble up this tasty morsel, or follow the instructions in the note Bunkins had in a pocket with directions home?
After much internal debate, and a lot of questions from the other wolves, our protagonist heads off on a journey to the bunny burrow, hand in hand with Bunkins. They make it there at daybreak, to the great joy of the family–and of the wolf, whose reward is a generous meal and the feeling of having done the right thing.
This story is full of humour and prompts young readers to think: Is it better to do the easy thing or the right thing?
The illustrations bring the story to life with countless little details that will bring a smile to readers’ faces. Each wolf, bunny, frog, and firefly has a personality, from a wolf carrying a box of fried chicken to an emo bunny. There is nonstop action, even in the background of bigger spreads, and the art style is almost too adorable for words.
Whatever your age, you’ll love What’s for Dinner? which is available at Indigo and Amazon.
