CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2001
"The ink sketches of flowers and scenery are an attractive addition. (Fiction. 10-12)"
Fourteen-year-old Jack has built his own canoe, and on a hot August dawn, he sets off for her maiden voyage in his beloved Okefenokee Swamp.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 28, 2001
"As a young introduction to the Julie stories, this has great appeal, but it stands alone as a heartwarming story of a boy and his dog (or, in this case, his wolf). (Picture book. 6-8)"
In this story, "first told in Julie's Wolf Pack [1997]," a little Eskimo boy is given a wolf's name: Amaroz, after the leader of the wolf pack that had saved his lost and starving older sister.
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ADULT
Released: Sept. 1, 1999
"While children will enjoy this romantic view of Bessie and the bear, those seeking a more realistic representation of life in this harsh environment will be unsatisfied. (Picture book. 5-8)"
In this sweetly sentimental story set in the frozen twilight of an Arctic spring, George (Morning, Noon, and Night, p. 699, etc.) tells of an Inuit girl who goes out to hunt.
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ADULT
Released: May 31, 1999
"Precise horizontal paintings provide a mural of the country; while not all animals mentioned in the text are depicted, brief endnotes identify creatures and general locales by page number. (Picture book. 5-8)"
As the earth turns from day to night, George (Julie's Wolf Pack, 1997, etc.) honors creatures of the American landscape.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 30, 1997
"The wolf's-eye view will draw new readers to the books, but fans of the first books, already well-versed in wolf society, may find many of the situations repetitive. (Fiction. 11-13)"
Completing the switch in narrative view begun in Julie (1994), the sequel to Julie of the Wolves (1972), George continues her tale of the Avalik River pack entirely from the standpoint of its members: Kapu, the young new alpha; his daughter and successor, Sweet Fur Amy; Ice Blink, a lone wolf who carries rabies—and Willow Pup Julie, who lives in town but puts in appearances to inspect new pups or perform rescues.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 11, 1997
"Washburn, in her first book, has created sweet tableaux of wolves in the wild: purple and lilac landscapes and fluffy, smiling wolves. (Picture book. 5-9)"
A charming but sentimental book about the first months in the lives of wolf pups, from birth to young adult.
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