Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick

What is most different about this book from any other picture book is that these are actual real photographs taken in the wilderness. It is a story that takes place in the middle of winter when there is snow all over the ground and there is a snowman built in the middle of the forest. The authors take photographs of many different animals throughout the wilderness and use these pictures to create the story about this stranger, the snowman, in the woods and how the animals see that he is friendly.

I really like how the pictures still relate to the language and text of the book instead of throwing random lines here and there with pictures that don't relate to the words at all. Becuse they relate so well together it enhances the book even more. It also shows children and students that you don't need to draw your illustrations there are many other ways to use pictures in picture books.