Summary:
Wolf in the Snow is written and illustrated by Matthew Cordell. It is the winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal and is a nearly wordless picture book that tells the tale of a little girl that sets off for home after school. On her way home, she finds a lost wolf pup that is seperated from its pack. She picks it up and trudges through the snowstorm to bring it back to its pack. Finally she is able to reunite the pup with its mom. However, she is lost and tired and collapses. The wolves surround the girl and begin to howl in hopes to alert her family that has been looking for her. Finally she is rescued and she too is reunited with her mom where she is able to go home and be warm and safe.
Matthew Cordell uses a mixure of pen and ink with watercolors to captivate the landscape of peril and compassion. The illustrations also draw you in to cause you to care about the characters and shows the changing emotions on the girl´s face. The only words are the wolves sounds which are the whine of the pup, the howls, and growls.
Cordell, M. (2019). Wolf in the snow. Andersen Press.
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