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xsleepyshadows's review
5.0
A human child and a wolf pup have their own separate lives, get lost and find each other. I like the parallels of the characters, illustrations, emotion, and how this story is show through all of these elements. This book is absolutely lovely and I highly recommend it!
~Ashley
~Ashley
lattelibrarian's review
5.0
I love this book, and it was my #2 contender for my class's mock Caldecott. I'll tell you why: Cordell does an amazing job of narrating a story solely through pictures and some animal noises. The use of symmetry truly makes the book feel like a whole, as there's a clear parallel between the young girl and wolf--both defenseless beings out there in the cold. Furthermore, because the girl in red, this just makes me immediately think: Little Red Riding Hood. Except, the wolf is defenseless as well, and the two must work together to get back home.
It's a compelling retelling of a classic fairy tale with beautiful illustrations. Cordell knows just how to use page turns, to allow our eyes to continue or to force them back--he also knows how to use white space to his advantage (which not everybody can). It's just. an amazing book, and I think it truly stands a chance to be a Caldecott winner or honoree. This book was just so good and made me feel all the things.
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It's a compelling retelling of a classic fairy tale with beautiful illustrations. Cordell knows just how to use page turns, to allow our eyes to continue or to force them back--he also knows how to use white space to his advantage (which not everybody can). It's just. an amazing book, and I think it truly stands a chance to be a Caldecott winner or honoree. This book was just so good and made me feel all the things.
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johnnymacaroni's review
5.0
Lots of drama is packed into this almost wordless story. I am amazed at how much emotion and intensity can be portrayed by seemingly simple illustrations. I also like the story of the brave child showing kindness to a wolf pup and its pack and in turn they protect the child when they can no longer move in the snow.
coffeedragon's review
3.0
There’s something about this book that just called out to me while I was browsing. It might have been the title, the font of the title, or even the look of the cover, or maybe all of this together. It just looks really visually pleasing. The inside illustrations, however, have more of a scrawly look to them. They’re still neat in a way, but very different from what I thought I’d get. In terms of content, we have a cute little story about two characters who get lost in the winter. One of them is the girl in the red coat and the other is the baby wolf. Instead of the girl leaving the wolf to die, she ends up helping him get to his family, which later ends with her getting stranded in the cold
I suppose the takeaway here is that we should help one another and that it should be genuine. Picking up a wolf, the little girl must have realized she’d have to confront a grown wolf, and we end up seeing this and her fear. And I think her strength and honesty is what pushed the wolves to help her when she needed saving
I suppose the takeaway here is that we should help one another and that it should be genuine. Picking up a wolf, the little girl must have realized she’d have to confront a grown wolf, and we end up seeing this and her fear. And I think her strength and honesty is what pushed the wolves to help her when she needed saving
mnstucki's review
4.0
Sweet little (almost) wordless picture book that tells a great story of rescue.
tea_tales_tomes's review
5.0
This is the first wordless picture book that I bought for my kids. I was a little nervous because 'reading' wordless books struck me as something very taxing for a parent - having to now make up the story from the pictures every time the book is requested by the kids. I was very wrong. This book with its beautifully drawn pictures, drew my kids and I into the story of a young girl getting lost in a blizzard so completely that it took a moment for us to find our way out of the pages.
The story is the age-old one of "one good deed deserves another" but I found out that the author engaged with specialist scientists in drafting this story to ensure that he adequately captured wolf behavior. This little titbit of information makes this amazingly atmospheric tale so much more.
Most fascinating for me, perhaps, is the way my little ones tell the story themselves by interpreting the pictures, the emotions, and the scenes. Wordless books for the absolute win!
The story is the age-old one of "one good deed deserves another" but I found out that the author engaged with specialist scientists in drafting this story to ensure that he adequately captured wolf behavior. This little titbit of information makes this amazingly atmospheric tale so much more.
Most fascinating for me, perhaps, is the way my little ones tell the story themselves by interpreting the pictures, the emotions, and the scenes. Wordless books for the absolute win!
annalisenak97's review
5.0
HEARTWARMING. ADORABLE. ART. LOVE. who knew that children's picture books with no words were so dang emotional
swtmarie's review
3.0
This is a sweet, wordless picture book that earned a Caldecott Honor and Cordell did a wonderful job creating a moving story solely based off pictures. My son "read" me the book and our favorite part were the close up illustrations of the wolves. Those were very cool =)
pussinbooks's review
4.0
An almost wordless picture book (the only words are onomatopoeia) that has hints of Little Red Riding Hood, but stands on its own as a beautiful presentation of how animals and humans both have values that make them more like the other than they think.