Growing Up Wild: Wolves

Bright, full-color photographs show real wolf cubs in their natural habitat as they explore their surroundings and learn important lessons of survival from their parents that they will need in later life as full-grown wolves.

Sandra Markle is the author of more than four dozen nonfiction books for children. She is a former elementary science teacher who travels frequently to school systems throughout the United States.

Ms. Markle works with both students and teachers, helping them to discover the special fun of investigating science concepts and tackling problem-solving situations. She helped produce timely specials at CNN, a special series of classroom materials published by Children's Television Workshop, and columns for Parenting and Creative Classrooms magazines. Most recently she led development of Kit & Kaboodle (www.kitkaboodle.org), a program of highly interactive curriculum materials delivered via the Internet. She has traveled widely to conduct research for her books, and has transmitted journal reports from the South Pole and from an icebreaker off the coast of Antarctica.

Ms. Markle's home base is in Atlanta, Georgia.