From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-A simply written introduction that focuses on the gray, or timber, wolf and provides just enough factual information for the intended audience. Material covered includes physical characteristics, behavior within a pack, and communication by howling and body language. The controversy that exists between ranchers and the scientists who are seeking to protect the creatures is addressed. Two pages of additional facts and one page of "Wolf Legends and Myths" complete the book. Done in Gibbons's familiar style, the format is open and spacious, the print is large, and the realistic, watercolor illustrations are set against backgrounds of white and deep blues. Clearly labeled insets demonstrating specific behaviors and characteristics are especially effective. Most libraries will want this book for its approachable reading level. It will lead children to Seymour Simon's Wolves (HarperCollins, 1993), and later to Sylvia Johnson and Alice Aamodt's more detailed Wolf Pack (Lerner, 1985).Diane Nunn, Richard E. Byrd Elementary School, Glen Rock, NJCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 2-4. One might ask whether there is room for yet another book about wolves. Emphatically, yes--if it is by Gibbons. Using her effective format of large color drawings and a text packed with nuggets of information, the author explores the life of the gray wolf (or timber wolf). She discusses its habitat (which has been greatly decreased over the last several centuries), appearance, hunting, diet, communication systems, social order, reproduction, and relationships with humans. Readers learn that the alpha female is the sole mother in a pack, producing as many as 14 pups. The many kinds of sounds that come from wolves' mouths are not the only means of communication--the placement of their ears and the position of their tails say a lot as well. Lively color illustrations, a mixture of watercolors, pen-and-ink, and colored chalk, follow the wolves on their northern trails throughout the year. This excellent resource for primary-grade students has additional wolf facts, myths, and legends appended. Deborah Abbott
Wolves FROM THE CRITICS
School Library Journal
K-Gr 3-A simply written introduction that focuses on the gray, or timber, wolf and provides just enough factual information for the intended audience. Material covered includes physical characteristics, behavior within a pack, and communication by howling and body language. The controversy that exists between ranchers and the scientists who are seeking to protect the creatures is addressed. Two pages of additional facts and one page of ``Wolf Legends and Myths'' complete the book. Done in Gibbons's familiar style, the format is open and spacious, the print is large, and the realistic, watercolor illustrations are set against backgrounds of white and deep blues. Clearly labeled insets demonstrating specific behaviors and characteristics are especially effective. Most libraries will want this book for its approachable reading level. It will lead children to Seymour Simon's Wolves (HarperCollins, 1993), and later to Sylvia Johnson and Alice Aamodt's more detailed Wolf Pack (Lerner, 1985).-Diane Nunn, Richard E. Byrd Elementary School, Glen Rock, NJ
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