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Baby Wolf
Born underground in a warm den, a baby wolf soon learns how to howl, how to hunt, and how to live with her wolf pack. And with this Level 2 kids can learn all about a baby wolf!
48 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1998
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Mary Batten
38 books7 followersMary Batten is an award-winning writer for television, film and publishing. Her many writing projects have taken her into tropical rainforests, astronomical observatories, scientific laboratories, and medical research centers.
She is the author of many books for children. The most recent are Life in Hot Water: Wildlife at the Bottom of the Ocean (Peachtree 2021), NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12; Life in A Frozen World: Wildlife of Antarctica (Peachtree 2020) and Spit: What's Cool About Drool (Firefly 2019). Other books include: Baby Orca (Penguin Random House 2016); Rattler (Penguin Random House 2016); Please Don't Wake the Animals: A Book about Sleep (Peachtree 2008); Who Has A Belly Button (Peachtree 2004); Aliens from Earth ((Peachtree 2003) – 2006 Isaak Walton Conservation Book of the Year Award; Selected by New York City Public Schools in support of 4th grade science requirement for the study of ecosystems (Revised & updated edition Peachtree 2016); Hey, Daddy! Animal Fathers and Their Babies – Named Outstanding Science Read Aloud 2003 by the National Association for the Advancement of Science (Peachtree 2002); Wild Cats (Penguin Random House 2002); Anthropologist: Scientist of the People -- Named Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council (Houghton Mifflin 2001); Hungry Plants (Penguin Random House 2000); The Winking, Blinking Sea -- Named one of the Best Children's Books for 2001 (Millbrook Press, 2000); Extinct! Creatures of the Past (Golden Books, 2000); Baby Wolf (Grosset and Dunlap, 1998); Sexual Strategies: How Females Choose Their Mates, (Tarcher/Putnam, 1994; reprinted with new introduction by iUniverse 2008); Nature's Tricksters (Sierra Club Books/Little Brown, 1992), Discovery By Chance (Funk and Wagnalls) and The Tropical Forest: Ants, Ants, Animals and Plants (T.Y. Crowell). She has appeared on OPRAH. TOM SNYDER and various other television shows and done many radio interviews.
Her magazine articles are published in a variety of publications, including the online journal Pie & Chai, and print ppublications Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Modern Maturity, Shape, International Wildlife, National Geographic World, ZooNooz, Science Digest, Calypso Log, and Dolphin Log.
Mary Batten was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Children's Television Workshop's science series 3-2-1-CONTACT, and she has written some 50 nature documentaries for television series, including the syndicated WILD WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS (Time-Life Films) and others for National Geographic and Disney Educational Films.
Her magazine article for Science Digest, "Sexual Choice: The Female's Newly Discovered Role," won The Newswomen's Club of New York's Front Page Award for best feature story.
She was editor of The Cousteau Society's award-winning membership magazine, Calypso Log, for six years.
She was married to the late composer Ed Bland. They have two children.
She is the author of many books for children. The most recent are Life in Hot Water: Wildlife at the Bottom of the Ocean (Peachtree 2021), NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12; Life in A Frozen World: Wildlife of Antarctica (Peachtree 2020) and Spit: What's Cool About Drool (Firefly 2019). Other books include: Baby Orca (Penguin Random House 2016); Rattler (Penguin Random House 2016); Please Don't Wake the Animals: A Book about Sleep (Peachtree 2008); Who Has A Belly Button (Peachtree 2004); Aliens from Earth ((Peachtree 2003) – 2006 Isaak Walton Conservation Book of the Year Award; Selected by New York City Public Schools in support of 4th grade science requirement for the study of ecosystems (Revised & updated edition Peachtree 2016); Hey, Daddy! Animal Fathers and Their Babies – Named Outstanding Science Read Aloud 2003 by the National Association for the Advancement of Science (Peachtree 2002); Wild Cats (Penguin Random House 2002); Anthropologist: Scientist of the People -- Named Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council (Houghton Mifflin 2001); Hungry Plants (Penguin Random House 2000); The Winking, Blinking Sea -- Named one of the Best Children's Books for 2001 (Millbrook Press, 2000); Extinct! Creatures of the Past (Golden Books, 2000); Baby Wolf (Grosset and Dunlap, 1998); Sexual Strategies: How Females Choose Their Mates, (Tarcher/Putnam, 1994; reprinted with new introduction by iUniverse 2008); Nature's Tricksters (Sierra Club Books/Little Brown, 1992), Discovery By Chance (Funk and Wagnalls) and The Tropical Forest: Ants, Ants, Animals and Plants (T.Y. Crowell). She has appeared on OPRAH. TOM SNYDER and various other television shows and done many radio interviews.
Her magazine articles are published in a variety of publications, including the online journal Pie & Chai, and print ppublications Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Modern Maturity, Shape, International Wildlife, National Geographic World, ZooNooz, Science Digest, Calypso Log, and Dolphin Log.
Mary Batten was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Children's Television Workshop's science series 3-2-1-CONTACT, and she has written some 50 nature documentaries for television series, including the syndicated WILD WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS (Time-Life Films) and others for National Geographic and Disney Educational Films.
Her magazine article for Science Digest, "Sexual Choice: The Female's Newly Discovered Role," won The Newswomen's Club of New York's Front Page Award for best feature story.
She was editor of The Cousteau Society's award-winning membership magazine, Calypso Log, for six years.
She was married to the late composer Ed Bland. They have two children.
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October 13, 2020
3.7
This will attract a wide range of young readers. The title alone is appealing, and the kids who like nonfiction will want to read about a 'wild animal.'
The two young readers who are getting this book will read it closely. Last spring they watched wolves chase some antelope and take down a baby. (That was distressing and memorable.)
The art isn't my favorite, but it works.
This will attract a wide range of young readers. The title alone is appealing, and the kids who like nonfiction will want to read about a 'wild animal.'
The two young readers who are getting this book will read it closely. Last spring they watched wolves chase some antelope and take down a baby. (That was distressing and memorable.)
The art isn't my favorite, but it works.
November 17, 2018
1. Awards the book has received: none
2. Appropriate grade levels: 1st and 2nd grade
3. Original Summary: "Baby Wolf" follows 4 newborn wolf pups on their journey to adulthood. Along the way they play and learn how to hunt and howl like mom and dad. Soon enough the baby wolves are big enough to leave the den and explore on their own.
4. Original Review: "Baby Wolf" is a great early reader for children interested in wolves or baby animals. The writing is clear without being babyish. There are facts throughout the text but the book still follows a storyline.
5. Possible in-class uses: This book could be used in a study on wolves or baby animals. I can picture this book being part of a rotating book display in the classroom when an animal unit comes up.
This book can also be used as an introduction to informational texts. Since the book still follows a storyline it is easier to follow than an informational book that just lists facts.
2. Appropriate grade levels: 1st and 2nd grade
3. Original Summary: "Baby Wolf" follows 4 newborn wolf pups on their journey to adulthood. Along the way they play and learn how to hunt and howl like mom and dad. Soon enough the baby wolves are big enough to leave the den and explore on their own.
4. Original Review: "Baby Wolf" is a great early reader for children interested in wolves or baby animals. The writing is clear without being babyish. There are facts throughout the text but the book still follows a storyline.
5. Possible in-class uses: This book could be used in a study on wolves or baby animals. I can picture this book being part of a rotating book display in the classroom when an animal unit comes up.
This book can also be used as an introduction to informational texts. Since the book still follows a storyline it is easier to follow than an informational book that just lists facts.
November 30, 2018
nice book
April 19, 2012
This book give a very straight forward narrative of the life cycle of a wolf. It begins with the mother wolf giving birth to many baby cubs and ends with the now grown wolves returning to their birth place to have their own cubs. it does a great job of bringing the life cycle of a wolf full circle. Not only does it discuss the stages of a wolf's life, but it also goes into detail telling what the wolves do in each stage, such as learning to hunt etc. the book also uses beautiful illustrations that would engage most children.
January 15, 2014
So charming and educational! The illustrations appear to be pastels from photographs. They have lifelike poses and a studied use of highlighting that lends itself well to fuzziness.
The story follows wolf pups for a year, showing their relationship with their family and how they deal with other animals and weather changes.
It's an early reader but unlike a lot of them it reads aloud well. My little boy loved the parts where we got to howl.
The story follows wolf pups for a year, showing their relationship with their family and how they deal with other animals and weather changes.
It's an early reader but unlike a lot of them it reads aloud well. My little boy loved the parts where we got to howl.
December 9, 2008
This book is rather factual compared to the other children's books I read to my niece today. It had sentences AND a story line. The illustrations were rather impressive. I didn't quite feel comfortable with the illustration of a pack of wolves over the carcass of a moose. Factual, but a little morbid for its reading level.
March 5, 2011
Cute little book, my little sisters loved it...as did I. The pictures are nice, and it's a book a teenager wouldn't mind reading, the storyline is simple, and yet, not babyish. A good introduction to how wolves live...even the part where they hunt a moose, that was done tastefully.
February 27, 2013
Actual meaty facts and interesting descriptions of what happens to a baby wolf in various stages of development from birth to adulthood.
January 15, 2016
All about wolves and I just looooove dogs. Since wolves are in the dog family I liked it because it's all about the babies.
January 25, 2016
Our second grader enjoyed this book.
March 8, 2022
5 stars
Perfect little book to teach children about wolves! Read to my lil' baby wolf.😊
Perfect little book to teach children about wolves! Read to my lil' baby wolf.😊
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