The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Parker, Barbara Keevil

North American Wolves

48 pp. | Carolrhoda | July, 1998 | Library ISBN 1-57505-095-1 $$22.60

(3) 4-6 Carolrhoda Nature Watch series. Illustrated with close-up color photographs of gray and red wolves in their natural habitats, a well-organized text describes the social structure of wolf packs, hunting strategies, and the raising of pups. The book briefly examines Native American customs surrounding wolves, European fears of wolves, and the near extinction of these species and their subsequent reintroduction into the lower forty-eight states. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Daniel Brabander