Wolf Island by Celia Godkin

Wolf Island by Celia Godkin

Information Book of the Year

Mr. Christie's Book Award nominee

Shortlisted for 1989 Mr. Christie's Children's Book Award for illustration Children's Literature

Roundtable of Canada 1990 Information Book of the Year

With a new cover and newly designed interiors, Wolf Island is sure to be a howl It's a vivid, full color portrait of nature, and the fragile balance of a natural ecosystem.

Set on an island in Northern Ontario, the Wolf Island story, based on an actual event, is a moving chronicle of what happens when the highest link in a food chain is removed. The resultant population growth, food shortage, and starvation affect every member of the chain.

A family of wolves leave their island environment. Although, at first, their absence is unnoticed, nature's delicately balanced ecosystem comes undone over a period of months, and the mice, rabbits, squirrels, and even owls fight for survival. Finally, the accidental return of the wolf family to their home restores the island habitat to health.

Celia Godkin's dramatic, full color illustrations will inspire readers of all ages. Her scientific portrait of an ecosystem and its component species will not be easily forgotten.

Godkin, Celia: - Celia Godkin's career has included work in biology, scientific illustration, and teaching adult art classes at both the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto, where achieved the rank of Associate Professor and received two teaching awards. As an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books, she is best known for debut book, Wolf Island, which won the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. Celia has continued to write and illustrate children's books with environmental themes including Fire! which was shortlisted for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non- Fiction. Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Bird in the World was nominated for the Green Earth Book Award, the Rainforest of Reading Award, and the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. Born in England, Celia lives in Eastern Ontario.

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ISBN 13	9780716765134
ISBN 10	0716765136
Title	Wolf Island
Author	Celia Godkin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Macmillan Learning
Year published	1993-09-01
Number of pages	42
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.