National Network for Equitable Library Service

The Cougar is a skillful blend of natural history, scientific research, First Nations stories and first person accounts. With her in-depth research, Wild explores the relationship between mountain lions and humans, and provides the most up-to-date information on cougar awareness and defense tactics for those living, working or travelling in cougar country.

Birding is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in North America—one in five Canadians enjoy identifying, photographing or filming birds. With easy access to coastal mountains, marshes and mudflats of the Fraser delta, temperate rainforest, and rocky shores of the Pacific Ocean, the Vancouver area is a wonderful destination for birdwatchers. Of the 450 species found in Canada, over 400 can be seen in the Lower Mainland.

What do you do when you decide you no longer want to be responsible for anyone but yourself? When faced with that moment, Donna Kane leaves her twenty-five-year marriage for life with a conservationist and wilderness guide who is so certain of the path he is on that she thinks she's just along for the ride. A few days before Kane's new husband leaves for a three-month horse-pack expedition, a gelding is seriously injured, and she agrees to stay behind to tend the horse's wound.

Takaya's Journey introduces young children to Takaya, the lone wolf. Using beautiful photography and charming, accessible text, Cheryl Alexander and Alex Van Tol take elementary school readers into Takaya's world. Along the way many questions are answered: Who is Takaya? Where did Takaya come from? What does Takaya need? What is Takaya's home like? What does Takaya eat? Who keeps Takaya company? What will Takaya do?

A thrilling and spectacularly illustrated photography book full of behavioural observations and wolf tales that will engage those interested in the state of wild wolves throughout North America. On August 24, 2013, professional wildlife photographer John E. Marriott received a phone call that would dramatically alter the course of his career for the next half decade. A friend of Marriott's had witnessed grey wolves eating a moose carcass on the side of a highway at dawn that morning in Canada's Kootenay National Park.

The unusual and moving tale of Muggins, a famed fundraising dog who became a mascot of the Canadian Red Cross during the First World War. Born in 1913 in the home of a millionaire philanthropist, Muggins was a purebred Spitz, a sharp-eared, sharp-nosed, fluffy-tailed sort of dog most often seen in the lap of a lady of leisure. But Muggins defied the odds, rising to unlikely fame during the First World War, when he became Victoria, BC's most diminutive fundraiser.

"An important book for helping kids see past the stereotypes of terrifying grizzly bears and join the call for conservation."—School Library Journal, starred review. Grizzlies are one of North America's most iconic wildlife species. They once roamed across half the continent, but today the grizzly population has declined at an alarming rate and it is incredibly difficult to rebuild those numbers, especially in places with a lot of people. Yet grizzlies are key members of their ecological communities and a powerful symbol of wilderness.

Salmon: Swimming for Survival introduces us to the dramatic life story of salmon. These fish hatch in streams, swim extreme distances out to sea, and then migrate home to where they were born to produce the next generation. But today their habitats and very survival are threatened by human activity. This book looks at the unique biology of salmon - their importance to many Indigenous communities - their cultural and economic impact - and the vital role they play in ecosystems.

C'est une histoire d'amour, de vie et de mort. Sur quel autre trépied la littérature danse-t-elle depuis des siècles ? Dans Son odeur après la pluie, ce trépied, de surcroît, est instable car il unit deux êtres n'appartenant pas à la même espèce : un homme et son chien. Un bouvier bernois qui, en même temps qu'il grandit, prend, dans tous les sens du terme, une place toujours plus essentielle dans la vie du narrateur.

Now in paperback, this poignant, funny, and brutally honest memoir by one of the world's most beloved storytellers – the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief – tells the story of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs. A charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of dogs, family. There's a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us... It's love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things.