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Illustrated by Olivier Tallec
Enchanted Lion Books, 2009
$16.95, ages 4-8, 32 pages
When a little blue wolf starts hanging out at Big Wolf's tree, Big Wolf doesn't know what to think.
After all this is Big Wolf's tree. It's always been that way.
What could a quiet little wolf be after? Will he try to show him up?
As one day slips into the next and Little Wolf does nothing to eclipse Big Wolf, Big Wolf gets used to having him around, though he isn't particularly welcoming.
Then one day Little Wolf leaves the tree and Big Wolf's heart glows red through his fir. He realizes just how much Little Wolf has come to mean to him.
In this sweet, gently told story by France's Brun-Cosme and Tallec, two solitary creatures let their guards down and discover the joy of being with someone else.
When Big Wolf first sees Little Wolf walking toward his tree, he's just a dot in the distance, but as Little Wolf comes nearer, Big Wolf fears he'll shadow over him.
Once Big Wolf sees that Little Wolf is just a wisp of a wolf, only half his size, he feel more at ease and lets Little Wolf climb up all the way.
Neither wolf greets the other or looks at the other in a mean or suspicious way, though they watch each other with curiosity.
Still, Big Wolf feels uneasy about what Little Wolf's arrival could mean, even more so when Little Wolf stays the night. How presumptuous, he thinks.
Yet that night Big Wolf begins to soften just a little. When Little Wolf begins to shiver, Big Wolf pushes a tiny corner of his leaf blanket over to him.
In the morning when Big Wolf climbs his tree to do exercises, his first impulse is again to feel guarded. Will Little Wolf climb better than him?
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