Bringing Back the Wolves: How a Predator Restored an Ecosystem

Written By: Jude Isabella Illustrated by: Kim Smith For Ages: 8-12 years Language: English Topics Covered: Yellowstone, Pint-Sized Professor, Life Cycles, Wolves, Nature. Summary: This is a really well-researched book about the delicate balance of natural ecosystems. Telling the true story of how humans destroyed the Yellowstone ecosystem by hunting wolves to extinction, it also…

Here is the Wetland

Written By: Madeleine Dunphy Illustrated by: Wayne McLoughlin For Ages: 4 years and up Language: English Topics Covered: Pint-Sized Professor, Ecosystems, Wildlife, Wetlands, Life Cycle, Predator, Prey. Summary: Here is the Wetland is a book in a series about different ecosystems and places. It’s a classic, I definitely remember being a kid and reading this…

If You Take Away the Otter

Written By: Susannah Buhrman-Deever Illustrated by: Matthew Trueman For Ages: 5 and up Language: English Topics Covered: Pint-Sized Professor, Ecosystems, Kelp Forests, History, Fur Trade, Near-Extinction, Otters. Summary: This book is a beautiful explanation of both the delicate balance of kelp forest ecosystems and the near-extinction of otters at the turn of the twentieth century…