This Wolf Was Different

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Age Range
4+
Release Date
March 05, 2024
ISBN
978-1665900959
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Inspired by natural history, this captivating picture book imagines how humans and wolves first came together, exploring individuality and how true friendship means embracing differences.

Long ago, a wolf pup was born in a forest. This pup was a wolf, and so were her brothers and sisters. But this wolf was different. She liked staying close to the den instead of hunting and chasing her tail instead of chasing other animals. She wished she were more like her siblings—more like a real wolf.

Then she meets a new kind of creature, no more like the other wolves than she is. As a new friendship blossoms, the wolf discovers that it’s okay to be different and, better yet, it’s a gift to be something new.

This gorgeously illustrated book includes extensive backmatter with scientific information about how wolves and humans first connected.

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The start of man's best friend
Overall rating
 
4.0
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4.0
Characters
 
4.0
Writing Style
 
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
4.0
This Wolf Was Different is the imagined beginning of wolf/human companionship and how it theoretically may have begun. The illustrations are often impressionistic and a bit blurred to make soft edges which lends the feeling of it being a folktale in an oral tradition or happening from the deep past. The series of events seems plausible that there would be a wolf not quite like its packmates and a bit friendly. It wouldn’t take a long separation for it to be willing to seek companionship with something else friendly-looking. Human children would be more curious and less cautious than adults, so the friendship beginning with a curious child and wolf makes sense. I like the curiosity this book inspires by deciding what you think may have happened in this prehistoric event. This book has the potential to inspire wonder in archeology and history.
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