Reading from top to bottom to mirror the shape of a well, this picture book tells a tale of how a hungry wolf falls into a well reaching for some cheese. The bucket rises and falls as the tempted animals each in turn descend, expecting a feast and then trick the next animal, so as to escape.

 

There are 36 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Andersen Press Ltd .

Philippe Corentin is a French author and illustrator of more than 20 children's books that often satirize icons of children's literature (like Santa Claus or Little Red Riding Hood) and breaks the stereotypes to make them absurd and friendly, in a word, human. A number of his books have been adapted to animation and are available on YouTube, some have been viewed as much as 300, 000 times. He lives in the French countryside of Eure-et-Loir.