Coyote's Wild Home (Hardcover)
Staff Reviews
At the same time an adult coyote takes a pup on his first hunt, a human grandfather takes his granddaughter on their first camping trip into an Appalachian forest. The lessons learned by the young coyote and the child about survival and the natural world show a deep understanding of ecosystems, explained clearly with a conversational style. Naturalists Lily and her mother Barbara Kingsolver give us a fine story, and the illustrations by Paul Mirocha are amazing: colorful, vibrant, and realistic without humanizing the forest animals. As an environmental educator myself, I think this picture book will thrill kids who care about nature and want to understand how it works.
— Tim McCarthyDescription
Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver and environmental educator Lily Kingsolver collaborate on their first children's book, Coyote's Wild Home.
The book takes us into the woods, meadows, and streams of an Appalachian forest where a girl and a coyote pup each have their first woodland adventures. On their separate journeys into the wilderness with a beloved family member, the intertwined paths of child and coyote will surprise and enchant young readers. With its richly detailed illustrations and gentle biology lessons, this story of two young explorers invites readers to imagine wilderness as a place to be protected, loved, and shared.
