Dutton Children's The Wolves Are Back

This works by engaging the reader in a narrative story, while educating the reader about wolves. “In the 1970s, many humans began to realize that you are not the monster from fairy tales, that those stories have been greatly exaggerated.” The author use the word you to describe wolves. The word you makes it feel like a story, like you are the wolf. All this helps the reader to fit better into the article as a wolf. That way you can better understand the author’s reasoning. The author also educates the reader about wolves, but does so from a second point of view to better interest the

The images are very descriptive and colorful making it easy for students to connect it with what is happening in the story. The cover of the book shows a big dog on the front symbolizing that the story will be mainly about him. The front cover also has the other animals around the dog in small sizes, which gives the students an idea what the story will be about. The title is in big brown letters with a black outline and the background is a light color to make the title and the dog in the front stand out. The first two pages is a double spread and it gives a clear image of the kind of dogs that will be shown in the book.

We could assume that every wolf was once a man. At the beginning Carter explains how wolves are “carnivore incarnate and he’s cunning and ferocious”, but yet she also explains how “melancholy” a wolf can be because “the beasts would love to be less beastly if only they knew how” (110, 112).

Wolves have always been a symbol of the wild, free in spirit and roamers of the land. These animals are considered majestic and protectors of the wilderness. They have always roamed the western United States, although their population has fluctuated over time. Over the past 10 years wolf reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park has been a controversial topic to those of the United States. As of 1995, wolves have been reintroduced into the park. This has come with some strong opposition and yet has prevailed. The future of the wolf in Yellowstone park is now looking bright, although not certain since there still are those who want them banished again.

Upon first reading “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” it might seem like an imaginative fantasy and nothing else. The story focuses on the daughters of a pack of werewolves, and it takes place in a world where the werewolves and their daughters are nothing out of the ordinary. But upon closer examination, this is a story rooted in reality. This inventive tale parallels several real world phenomena. Karen Russell uses allegory in “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” to objectify western society’s views of people outside of that society and of outsiders in general, and compare them to the views that people have of wild animals.

Wells begins to draw using mechanical pencil after that is complete she draws over it in very light blue ink. Then she erases all the pencil lines and has a line image in blue. Wells uses a lot of watercolor especially in this book. She also uses other art media such as gouache, a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance, pastel, ink, and colored pencils in her illustrations. Not only does she put such effort in her drawings for this book, she also puts boarders around a good majority of her pages. The boarders in My Kindergarten represent what the story tells on that specific page and wraps around the text whether it’s small images or words used as the

Over the past several years, the gray wolf, native to the Wisconsin area, has been listed federally as an endangered species due to the graphic and horrific treatment they had received during the industrialization periods of America, when they were frowned upon and hated because they are predatory creatures and did, on occasion, attack livestock and pets. Because the government was encouraging the hunting, including bounties for the animals, the wolves were hunted to near extinction. However, now Wisconsin faces a new problem. With the reintroduction of the wolves to the state, and their continued endangered status federally, the population has increased well beyond expectations, reaching what could be considered a problematic state. A

A little town of Churchill, wolves creep in the shadows to find food. The caribou are scarce, and the wolves need to find food to eat. In the book around the time of 1963, Never Cry Wolf a scientist named Farley Mowat goes to the arctic to go and study wolves. There are very few caribou and Mowat wants to see what the wolves are eating and doing to stay alive. Many people of the town of Churchill believe that wolves are blood thirsty killers but after a long time of being with the wolves, Mowat figures out that is just not the case. Mowat uses emotion(pathos), humor and irony throughout the book.

After Leopold shot the wolf, he and his friend reached the old wolf in time to watch “that fierce green fire die in her eyes” (68). Leopold continues to state, “I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes- something known to only her and the mountain.” After killing the wolf and explaining his theory on how fewer wolves meant more deer and that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise, Leopold is quick to recognize his cruel error. In paragraph 7, the author says, “Since then I have lived to see state after state expirate its wolves. I have watched the face of many a wolfless mountain, and seen the south-facing slopes wrinkle with a maze of new deer trails. I have seen every edible bush and seedling browsed, first to anaemic desuetude, and then to death” (Leopold 68). After coming to realization of what he had just done, Leopold feels empty, as now there is an important factor in the wildlife missing. The author’s experience reminds me of the way myself and others often take situations and people for granted. I find myself taking advantage of things; whether it be friends, sports, or opportunities, not knowing what I had until it is

Without the proper knowledge needed to understand how the wolf works, the creature is inaccurately shown as a wild, vicious killer. As Mowat progresses through his research he learns about the wolves hunting abilities and begins to acquire new information and states,” I could hardly believe that the all-powerful and intelligent wolf would limit his predation on the caribou herds to culling the sick and infirm when he could presumably, take his choice of the fattest and most succulent individuals” (Mowat 126). The way the government and people portray wolves as mindless killers is not only false, but it is far from the truth. Wolves are instead intelligent creatures that have the ability to choose and pick the right kill. Also, as Mowat researches their eating habits he finds that “the wolves of Wolf House Bay, and, by inference at least, all the Barren Land wolves who were raising families outside the summer caribou range, were living largely, on mice” (Mowat 107). During the summer the wolves weren’t even that cause of the deaths of caribou. Instead they found new resources to live off of when the caribou leave so they can continue to survive. This information is an exact contrast to the

The Ninemile Wolves is a compelling nonfiction story told by Rick Bass, while Bass approaches the wolves with a mixture of awe, compassion, and fascination; others in the area are less welcoming, including some local ranchers, hunters and politicians. The wolves are studied by Bass, Rick Jimenez, and others of how they are endeavoring for their presence in the Ninemile Valley in Montana. Bass consumes his reader into his work by using both scientific and spiritual relevance of the wolves, and how they balance the ecosystem. While the biologist are cheering for the survival of the Ninemile pack ranchers, hunters, and politicians are concerned that they will attack livestock and decimate the population of elk and deer. However, despite all the stereotypes put into place the wolves survive off small mammals, and stray away from large pray. Bass anthropomorphizes the wolves by saying they have a soul like humans, and their spirit has an effect on the Ninemile Valley.

For example, their concept indicates that prey species will alter their foraging habits to the features of the terrain in order to avoid areas with a high risk of predation. Predation risk in a changing environment is also focused on by the authors. There are many environmental variables that may influence the degree of predation risk such as weather, wildfires, and other conditions that influence ungulates’ access to vegetation. Finally, the authors focus on ecosystem responses to trophic cascades—primarily on riparian functions and on beaver and bird populations. They also inform us that wolves may represent an indirect control on beaver populations as well as cause ungulates to avoid some riparian areas—therefore reducing herbivory on wooden browse species.

In “Scared To Death” by Ed Yong, he expressed how the fear of wolves has affected the elk in Yellowstone National Park. The “Landscape of Fear” has taken a toll on the ecosystems that are present there. Ed Yong’s perspective on this matter is taken into great consideration by an ecologist named Laundre. Landre finds it fascinating as she looks at it as a perpetual state of apprehension. Ed Yong discusses how the “Landscape of Fear” affects the ecosystem and the relationship between wolves and elk i8n Yellowstone National Park.

The author knows that human error is a true obstacle in science and just because some credible sources say something is true, does not make it 100% accurate. She asks the question, “Does it really matter?” that the wolves are not as big of an influence as everyone thinks it is. She realizes the importance of the wolves of Yellowstone and the effect it had on the public. It has raised interest in wildlife and gave attention to efforts to conserve wildlife. She says this story also distracts from some of the bigger problems at Yellowstone.

In The Company of Wolves Carter endeavours to restore the helpless girl created in Perrault’s tale into a witty and self-reliant woman, fitting of today’s modern feminist. She is presented as a young woman in touch with her own sexuality who takes control of the situation and therefore saves herself from being eaten. In direct contrast, her grandmother, who conforms to the patriarchal systems of oppression, ends up dead. The grandmother represents the older generation; her life reduced to remembering her marriage and being devoted to the bible. Her lack of initiative to change her own life ultimately seals her fate. The reader is given evidence early on that the young girl does not conform to patriarchal