Jan Brett’s skilled and customary art style accompany the speculated tale of how a young cave boy becomes friends with a Paleowolf. In customary storytelling fashion, three times the cave boy stops to ask the Paleowolf a question and then deny the animal any of his roasted Wooly Rhino bones. Each time the Paleowolf leaves, Kip the cave boy discovers and eludes a dangerous animal in the nick of time. “Finally, Kip made a speech. He said, ‘Wolfy, if you will use your keen nose and your fine ears and your sharp eyes to keep me from being eaten up, I promise to share with you all the Wooly Rhino ribs and even Mammoth meat that I cook over the fire.’  ”

From inside back cover, “The images and ornaments of her borders were inspired by the cave paintings and artifacts surviving from this time.”