First, I loved, loved, loved the illustrations by Betania Zacarias. They're sweet and soothing and utterly gorgeous. I also liked the gist of the story. I had two major gripes:
1. The prevalence of people "rescuing" baby animals in the wild--I really hope that Bear was near to death, like in this article.
2. The use of the word "Eskimo"--I really hope that Natuk is actually an Eskimo from Alaska and not an Inuit.
I realize that this is an uber nitpicky review of a completely adorable picture book, but there you go.