The Wolf Who Cried Boy - Modern Fantasy/Folk Literature

This is a fun book that, much like "The Paper Bag Princess," flips the script on an old tale. In this book, as you might guess, there is a fantasy land in which talking animals abound, including one mischievous little wolf who loves playing tricks on people. He cries out that a little boy is after him one too many times, and the shopkeepers are fed up with it! They get together and fool the wolf by dressing up as a boy and scaring him. He cries for help and no one comes! I remember the original "Boy Who Cried Wolf" story being told to me when I was young because I too had a problem with taking jokes too far. This story had a big impact on me, and I started taking important things more seriously. I think this story would have the same impact on students in my classroom, so it would be a good book with a valuable moral, not to mention the cute story and wonderful illustrations.