Caldecott Monday: Wolf in the Snow

[osprey_archer]

The 2018 Caldecott medal winner, Wolf in the Snow, is just as adorable as I expected. A small child - wearing a giant red coat with a peaked hood, a callback to Little Red Riding Hood - finds a wolf puppy that has lagged behind its pack. She picks up the puppy and carries it through the thickly falling snow toward the sound of howls until she finds the pack…

But it turns out that all this tromping through the snow has worn out her strength! She starts to totter home, and then collapses! WILL SHE DIE OF HYPOTHERMIA?

Actually the wolf pack comes to her aid, forming a protective ring around her in the snow until her parents and her faithful dog find her. Happy end for everyone!

Comments

[rmc28]

Wow, thank you for writing this up. I have just added it to the wishlist for my slightly wolf-obsessed 5-year-old ...

(also, hello, I have recently subscribed to your journal, this seemed the first opportune moment to mention it as per your profile)

[osprey_archer]

I hope your five-year-old enjoys it!

[evelyn_b]

I'm glad the small child didn't die of hypothermia!

[osprey_archer]

What kind of picture book would end with a small child dying of hypothermia? I'm not sure hypothermia even exists in Picturebookland.