I haven't really read any children's literature since I was a child, so I was excited to read this for my graduate children's lit class.

The illustrations in this book are beautiful! Even though the book has no words, Cordell has managed to portray the emotions and actions of the characters on every single page. The book opens with a wordless, cozy family scene. As the story evolves, Cordell uses color and space to evoke emotions in the reader. Huge pages of blue and white, snow and sky, depict the vastness of the little girl's walk home and the wolf cub's despair at being lost and separated from its mother.

I 'read' this twice before I could post my review. The combination of images and the plot in this book are a great way to teach empathy and compassion as well as bravery. I highly recommend Wolf in the Snow!