This space will list children's books related to the scope and mission of The Wild Ones that teachers have found useful.
"Breaking Wild Elephants: from Sarang", Roger Caras, Animals In Their Places: Tales from the Natural World. Sierra Club Books, 1987
Faithful Elephants, Yukio Tsuchiya, Trumpet Club Books, 1988
A Family For Minerva. Kay McKeever, Greey dePencier, ©1981.
A Place For Owls. Kay McKeever, Greey dePencier, ©1984.
Owls in the Family. Farley Mowat, Boston, ©1961. Illustrated.
There's an Owl in the Shower. Jean Craighead George, Harper-Collins Publishers, ©1995. Illustrated.
Who really killed Cock Robin? An ecological mystery. Jean Craighead George, Dutton, ©1971.
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Elephant Books
Tells the story of how mahouts capture and tame wild Asian elephants for use in the logging industry. Based on Caras' first-hand observation.
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Raptor Books
The story of two owls, wol and weeps, who could turn a household upside down, outwit a dog, and terrorize a neighborhood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Because protecting spotted owls has cost Borden's father his job as a logger in the old growth forest of northern California, Borden intends to kill any spotted owl he sees, until he and his father find themselves taking care of a young owlet.
Two ecology-conscious children try to trace the imbalances in the environment that might have caused the death of the town's best-known robin.
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