The Sea Wolves
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Winner of the 2011 Library Media Connection
"Editor's Choice"
These unique wolves swim like otters and fish like bears!
The Sea Wolves sets out to disprove the notion of "the Big Bad Wolf," especially as it is applied to coastal wolves—a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest along the Pacific coast of Canada. Genetically distinct from their inland cousins and from wolves in any other part of the world, coastal wolves can swim like otters and fish like the bears with whom they share the rainforest. Smaller than the gray wolves that live on the other side of the Coast Mountains, these wolves are highly social and fiercely intelligent creatures.
Living in the isolated wilderness of the Great Bear Rainforest, coastal wolves have also enjoyed a unique relationship with man. The First Nations people, who have shared their territory for thousands of years, do not see them as a nuisance species but instead have long offered the wolf a place of respect and admiration within their culture.
Illustrated with almost one hundred of Ian McAllister's magnificent photographs, The Sea Wolves presents a strong case for the importance of preserving the Great Bear Rainforest for the wolves, the bears and the other unique creatures that live there.
By author: Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read
ISBN: 9781554692064
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Pub Date: October/01/2010
Pages: 96
Price: $19.95
Educational Resources
DOWNLOAD A TEACHER'S LEARNING GUIDE [PDF] with discussion questions, ready-to-go lessons and extension activities. Paired with The Sea Wolves, this guide addresses a number of the Prescribed Learning Outcomes for grades four to seven established by the BC Ministry of Education.
VIEW VIDEOS TO WATCH THE WOLVES BEHAVING NATURALLY IN THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST.
- All field videos were made by Pacific Wild on remote field cameras and document wolf behaviour, eating habits, and interaction in the wild.
- Want more Sea Wolves? Visit www.seawolves.ca to view an excerpt and images from the book, download teacher resources and learn more about the Great Bear Rainforest.