Striking art by Polish artist Wilkoń recall traditional Chinese ink paintings, with naturalistic forms and a palette of earth colors. There is something reassuring about spreading the story’s focus over a group of similar, unnamed main characters. They are never alone, even when they are lost, and they experience outdoor firsts without rivalry or conflict between them.
Publishers Weekly

The muted colors of the watercolor images encapsulate the feeling of a chilly woodland landscape as well as the varied emotions of this waylaid wolf pack. Designed for elementary school–aged readers, the wolves' exploits showcase the emerging independence young children are also experiencing in a way that is at once accessible and educational.
School Library Journal

The magic of the story, though, is not in its modest action but in Herrmann's lovely lyrical language, which ambles along generously (this is not a concise narrative), and, most especially, in Wilkoń's viscerally empathetic illustrations. His use of warm, rich colors and amorphous shapes brings a sense of life and atmosphere to the whole even as they evoke in the renderings of the cubs a childlike wonder and innocence.
Kirkus Reviews

With themes of self-discovery, testing limits, and the importance of family bonds, this short tale effectively evokes the excitement of new discoveries.
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