join Big Wolf And Little Wolf As They Move Through The Seasons And Share An Adventure.children's Literaturein The First Book Featuring These Two Friends, big Wolf And Little Wolf, Big Wolf Lived Alone Under His Tree At The Top Of A Hill, And The Arrival Of A Dot On The Horizon Launched A Story Of Friendship And Accommodation. In This Sequel, Which Is Also Generously Sized And Lavishly Illustrated, The Friends Contend With The Turn Of The Season And Little Wolf's Longing For Something Small That Is Out Of Reach. Big Wolf Tried To Teach Patience But In The End He Gives In, As We Know He Will. Little Wolf's Babyishness Is Appealing; Their Relationship Echoes Some Of The Indulgence That Characterizes Older And Younger Sibling Dynamics. The Story Turn Depends On A Swift Raising Of Stakes, As Big Wolf's Climb Up The Tree To Get That Leaf Becomes Increasingly Risky. And The Payoff, Both Surprising And Yet Somehow Inevitable, Is Purely A Scattering Of Light On The Page, A Kind Of Homage To The Vast Reach Of Small Things That Take Up Room In The Heart. The Illustrations Play On Perspective And Shadow As The Text Shifts Viewpoint From One Character To The Other And Back Again. There Is Much More Depth Here Than The Disarmingly Simple Story Might Appear To Hold, Enough To Merit Repeated Readings. Reviewer: Uma Krishnaswami