Review: Entertaining and scientific data presented in an easy to understand format for children!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
What I like about Emma's books is a balance of several things.  The topic is interesting, it is supported with beautiful photography, it contains scientific detail and it is educational and fun for children to read.  This book is nicely written and provides details that children and even adults would be interested in.  I like the information that the first domesticated dogs were a species of Indian wolves and that the dogs we own today and related to the wolf family.The book covers where the wolves live and how they survive in extreme climates, even where the temperature drop to 40 below zero.  Wolves can live alone like the lone wolf or they can run in packs which are usually a family group.  They are emotional and loving to each other or they can be fierce hunters, predators or fighters.Wolves are carnivores but they will eat fruits, plants and vegetables. They can eat 20 pound of meat in one meal.  Their sense of smell is very good and they have 200,000,000 scent cells while humans only have about 5,000,000.  In addition they can hear up to 10 miles away!  They can run very fast and cover large distances and they can also swim up to 8 miles.It is details like this that make reading these books fun and educational.  I believe in teaching your child to read and in working with them when they are young.  Finding good books that are interesting and educational is important and the books by Emma Child are a good place to start looking.  I rated this as a 5 star book!