The Boy Who Cried Ninja

Not at all what I expected but charming and imaginative.My four year old grandson loved it, and then his seven year old brother read it to him and enjoyed it too.We all read it several times.The exaggeration in the story is fun, clever and funny.

Great book for a second grader!

Ever get tired of that Aesop's fable, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"? Silly boy, cranky villagers, right? Get a load of Alex Latimer's new-fangled take on the tale, with its clean, retro-mod illustrations. When Tim tells his parents the truth about the trouble going on around his house, they don't believe him. A ninja stole the last piece of cake, an astronaut took his dad's hammer, a giant squid--yeah, right. Frustrated, Tim decides to lie, but that doesn't work out too well, either. Finally he comes up with a plan for setting things straight. I will refrain from telling you how virtue is finally rewarded, but you really should get your hands on this funny, tongue-in-cheek book.

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This is a great book with a bit of a reference to the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' as the title suggests. Pirates, ninjas, space monkeys, alligators and more... and fantastically fun illustrations with a few 'jokes' that your kids will love to spot while you are reading. I am going to look for more books by Alex Latimer.

I bought this book for my soon-to-be baby boy. It is a really cute story with great illustrations. I am definitely interested in buying more books from this author. I would highly recommend. I can't wait to have nightly reading sessions when the baby is old enough!

The artwork and idea is so cute, but I think the story line is better appreciated by adult readers. It's pretty confusing as a moral story. The tale blurs the lines of what it means to cry wolf. The boy first tries telling the truth (which sounds like lies), and then lying (which sounds like the truth) to please his parents. Since neither works, he resolves everything by bringing all his imaginary friends over for a party.

After seeing the cover and the 'look inside' preview, I assumed that the ninja was a prominent theme throughout this book, but it is not. The story is cute, but it needs a description that states that the entire book is not ninja focused.

A nice story based on the boy who cried wolf but the twist is that the boy was telling the truth. All very well but when reading to Year R and Year 1 children it may embolden children to actually believe in their fantasies in favour of telling the truth. On the other hand the book does allow for really good discussions, with the children on the rather nuancesed concepts of the differences between fact, fiction, reality and fantasy.

I used this book as the key text in my teaching sequence with a year 1 class. It really engaged the boys right from the start and was a nice twist to the boy who cried Wolf traditional tale.

A fun book for kids and parents alike taking the classic Boy who cried Wolf tale and making it better by adding not only a ninja but a pirate too. I have bought this for friends and they tell me it is also extremely popular with their boys too. Warning, you might end up reading it over and over.

A great story based on the reversed idea of the boy who called wolf. The pictures show what is happening to the boy so the reader knows but the boy's parents think he is lying.

This book made me laugh so much and was a great gift for my younger brother who is named Tim like the boy in the story