title: Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary
author:  Jean Craighead George 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 3. George uses a journal approach to illuminate the first 10+ months of life for three wolf pups born to an alpine tundra pack. Each entry in the "diary" is prefaced with a message (in colored inks) to readers/listeners living south of the area telling them how to keep "tundra-time" in the framework of their own seasons. "When you see dandelions turning silver...." "When the yellow warblers return...." "When you are eating fresh blueberries...." Then, George writes, "Look to the north" and in the following paragraph(s), she describes the pups, their gradual development, and their environment. The lyrical text is accompanied by large, realistic acrylic paintings of the adult wolves, the pups, and their habitat along with small cameos of the southern reminders?a clump of dandelions, a yellow warbler (the illustrator should consult a Peterson guide), ripe blueberries, etc. The author's research is impeccable, and her affection for her subject evident, affirmed in a personal note. Children will take pleasure in the simply worded narrative and the warm pictures, and will store some accurate wolf data in their memories, as well as take stronger note of their own habitats as they keep an eye out for dandelions, for fresh blueberries on the table, and for Halloween jack-o-lanterns on front porches.?Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY<BR>Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Happy Furry New Year
  Wolves of Stone Ridge: Book Twenty-Seven
   
   
  By
   
   
  Charlie Richards
   
  
   
   
  Dedication
   
   
  My thanks to Tina and Jay, for your continued support and encouragement over the years.
   
  
  Chapter One
   
   
  “You’re going to have your hands full with this one,” Jared Templeton commented, a smirk curving
  his thin lips. He set a file on the table next to a beer bottle and eased onto the chair. Tapping the file
  with one forefinger, amusement coloring his voice, he added, “He’s already tried to hack the school
  computers.”
  Rowen St. Paul lifted his head, ceasing his perusal of the playing cards in his hand. They were crap
  anyway. “What are you talking about?” he asked, focusing on Jared. He tossed his cards onto the table
  —face down. “I fold.”
  “It wasn’t your turn,” Parker grumbled, frowning at him.
  Shrugging one shoulder, Rowen glanced toward his friend and fellow wolf shifter. “I still fold.” He
  returned his stare to Jared, concerned and intrigued by the human’s smirk. 