Animal Predators: Wolves - Softcover

Sandra Markle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580134173 ISBN 13: 9781580134170

Publisher: Lerner, 2008

Synopsis

An introduction to the lives of wolves that focuses on how they hunt and how they raise their cubs.

About this title

About the Author

Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant.

Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Childrens Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist.

Markle is also the author of the Insect World series and several single titles. Her book Rescues! was named a Best Book by the Society of School Librarians International and a Recommended Title of Outstanding Nonfiction by the National Council of Teachers of Englishs (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award committee; Animal Heroes was named a 2008 Lasting Connections title by Book Links.

Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.

Reviews

Gr 2-5-Through text and photos, Markle's presentation succinctly describes the birth, physical growth, and education of three gray wolf cubs during the several seasons that it takes them to mature to adulthood. The brief narrative is written in fairly simple language and is interesting enough to share with young children who may be unable to read it themselves. In covering only the basics of the animal's life cycle and habits, this title will be useful as supplemental material for reports. Excellent color photos show the canine family close up as the cubs play, hunt, nurse, and learn to contribute to life in the pack. A short glossary and pronunciation guide also serves as an index. Kay Winters's Wolf Watch (S & S, 1997), an even simpler introduction to this species, describes the cubs' first few months of life in a short, poetic text and has exceptional, realistic color paintings. Jalma Barrett's Wolf (Blackbirch, 2000) is a short, but more thorough introduction to the species on a slightly more difficult level. Michael Dahl's The Wolf (Capstone, 1997) also offers more detailed information. Neither of these latter books narrows in on one wolf pack.

Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH

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Gr. 2-4. Markle offers a close-up look at wolf pups in this slender volume from the series that includes Growing Up Wild: Bears (2000). Beginning with the wolves' birth, she remarks on their habits and physical features as well as their growth, play, and learning. The text works well with the often striking full-color photos that illustrate the book. The cubs may look cuddly in some of the photos, but they're clearly carnivorous in others, and that visual candor matches Markle's scientific detachment in reporting details of wolf behavior. A good addition to this inviting series. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: Lerner
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580134173
• ISBN 13: 9781580134170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40