Gorgeous wolf picture book--goes along with Dutcher's film of the same name.

Wolfie picked this one. It was a great book to read with the family. Since N is obsessed with wolves it was great to learn more about their personalities.

Nonfiction for young readers has come a long way in the past few years. National Geographic Kids Chapters are beginner chapter books: short and easy to comprehend. I gave it three stars because it jumped around a bit, but I will certainly recommend it to the right reader.

Listened to this one with my son, truly learned a lot!

Jim e Jamie Dutcher sono fotografi e documentaristi, che hanno preso a cuore il salvataggio del lupo in Nord America, dove è quasi sparito a seguito di una caccia insensata e spietata.
Il libro, ricchissimo di meravigliose foto, spiega l'importanza e la bellezza di questo magnifico predatore.

Wow todo acá fue hermoso. Te describen bien al lobo, te explican sus características , cosas importantes del lobo, etc. Aparte las imágenes están hermosas lo único que no me gusto es que el prólogo estuvo algo largo y aburrido para mi y aveces cuando hablaba Jim se me hacía algo aburrido (No en todos los casos) pero bueno yo a este libro le doy 4 estrellas :)

Chapter book
Text bubbles with “Did You Know” facts
Many color photos
Extra fact pages

Since wolves usually hide from people, Jim Dutcher knew he would need to do something creative to be able to study these wild animals. He fenced an area of about 25 acres and set up a camp inside the fence because he needed to see how the wolves lived. Now he needs wolves – how can he get wolves into his fence area? He started his own pack. By going to wolf research centers he was able to find two young males and two young females.

Incredible insight into the social aspect of wild wolves as seen by the authors, Jim and Jamie Dutcher, who lived with the Sawtooth Pack for years, studying their behavior and sharing their findings with the world. The book includes amazing, art-quality photographs of the Sawtooth Pack and stories of the authors' experiences, as well as a CD of the wolves' vocalizations. I'm listening to it right now. Hauntingly beautiful - sends chills down my spine.

This informative book opens your eyes to the society of Wolves. I've been intrigued on this topic for over fifteen years and Jim and Jamie has proven detailed information against the stereotypical judgements of this particular species. Also recommended is the DVD Documentary, "Living With Wolves."

Saying, “Living With Wolves is forever in my heart,” only scratches the surface of how much I loved it.

Because it wasn’t just filled with facts about wolves and clearing up some of the misconceptions about them. It was also about how the authors conveyed the way they’d come to feel about wolves based on their experiences. In my case, I’d read other books about wolves so the hard part with me was done – I’d already fallen in love with wolves by the time I read this nonfiction story.

But this loving feeling, or getting closer to it, is what Jim and Jamie Dutcher ultimately strive for by the time any reader turns the last page.

What better way to do this than to show the camaraderie between the wolves themselves and the Dutchers, at times, through pictures filled with the breathtaking beauty of the environment around them? To learn the words that go along with those photographs and feel the many bonds that were created, to inch closer to wolves for some of the similarly human ways their family groups work, to feel the healthy respect for their wild behaviors and see just how important wolves truly are to our world.

Complete with a life-size gallery of pictures to the scale of a human hand at the end of this book, the Dutchers not only give the gift of clarity and knowledge about wolves but share the chance to “listen to the voices of the Sawtooth Pack” through the compact disk they made when they lived, together, with wolves.

For me, this was a beautiful way to close because it made me smile to see how my hand was just a little smaller than their paw prints. I loved imagining how I could almost feel their fur and how some of it floated to the ground with each stroke... 

and thought about how extraordinary it would've been to be there with the Dutchers.

I am surprised this only has four stars. This book was great.

Great book

Great book for children as well as as adults. It is very interesting and informative and has great resources in the back for those wanting more information. I recommend this book.