Did you know?
- Mexican graywolves usually do not hurt people
- They are endangered animals
- Wolves love their families and they raise their pups together
- There are only about 42 left in the wild
- They once roamed all the way from Southern New Mexico down to Mexico City in Mexico
- They are the smallest gray wolf subspecies
- They almost became extinct before and now they are being reintroduced
- They are our wolves here in New Mexico and the Mascot of UNM
Wolf Book List
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury
This is an interesting twist on the way the story is usually told and instrumental in learning that our perceptions are often based on myth and custom instead of scientific facts and experience.
This book looks at current scientific understandings and natural history to help young readers come to their own conclusions about the nature of wolf-human relations.
Zoobooks Wolves by John Bonnett Wexo
Zoobooks is a 2001 Parents' Choice Gold Award winner for its presentation of Wolf facts and lore for children.
Return of the Wolf by Steve Grooms
Grooms looks at perceptions of wolves through history as well as giving a comprehensive understanding of North American wolf populations and their interactions with human activities.
Wolves of Yellowstone by Randy Houk, The Humane Society of the United States
A look at the lives of wolves in Yellowstone National Park and their integral place in a healthy ecosystem.