Cougars

December 15, 2012
Grades 4-6 Like any good animal series, these titles in the Living Wild series impart all the right information for school reports: physical description, habitat, life cycle, age range, care for the young, position upon the food chain, adaptations, and conservation efforts. The books go beyond these basics in how they consider the animals' places in history and culture. Cougars reveals the ongoing debate of protecting the North American cougar as rising numbers of these big cats coincide with a decline in deer, elk, porcupines, and other cougar prey. Sidebar facts, a world map, a glossary, and a bibliography add to the research value, while gorgeous color photographs, many full-page, and a concluding folktale will lure browsers.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)