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Here’s what I’m looking forward to in the new year–a new picture book! I am thrilled to partner with the incredibly talented Jennifer Thermes on The Wolf Effect: A Wilderness Revival Story. Look for it May 7th!

So pleased to share this wonderful review of The Wolf Effect from Kirkus Reviews

THE WOLF EFFECT 
A Wilderness Revival Story
Author: Rosanne Parry
Illustrator: Jennifer Thermes

A history of wolves in Yellowstone that offers a salutary lesson in how ecosystem management is no walk in the park.

In both cumulative rhyme and a substantial prose afterword, Parry tracks what happened when the wolves of the area that became Yellowstone National Park were exterminated: “No slap of the beaver, no chirp of the sparrow; / The trees became scarce, and the streams became narrow.”When they were reintroduced in the 1990s, the wolves touched off a “trophic cascade” of habitat recovery and increased biodiversity. Thermes, too, goes for a multistranded approach. Maps and historical sidelights (“No Polling Places on Reservation,” observes a 1924 newspaper headline) are mixed with views of broad landscapes studded with wildlife. Inset graphic panels feature informative conversations between an anxious coyote and an omnivorous bear: “Mice are tasty.” “I love a good moth myself. Pine nuts? Fish? Don’t get me started. But wolves? They’re all elk, all the time.” That’s not strictly true, as the author admits, because wolves kill livestock, too (and so do coyotes and bears). Still, “conversations about how to best coexist” are ongoing, as she diplomatically puts it, and the overall benefits of the reintroduction are well documented. The artist appends a labeled gallery of the wild creatures that appear in the pictures, and a note explaining why she chose to portray railroad workers in one 19th-century scene as Chinese (though acknowledging she couldn’t confirm that Chinese immigrants built railways in Yellowstone).

An illuminating account of a spectacular eco-success story. (glossary, resource lists) (Informational picture book. 7-9)

Review Issue Date: April 1, 2024
Online Publish Date: March 9, 2024
Publisher:Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Price ( Hardcover ): $19.99
Publication Date: May 7, 2024
ISBN ( Hardcover ): 9780062969583
Section: Children’s
Series: Voice of the Wilderness Picture Book

Kirkus Reviews calls A Horse Named Sky “A feel-good tale of a clever and determined stallion set against a well-developed landscape.

A Horse Named Sky 2023, Greenwillow

Purchase

If you would like to purchase my books I hope you will consider shopping at one of the independent bookstores who have been so supportive of me over the years. Here’s a link to the bookstore finder at Indiebound. If you would like to have a signed copy of any of my books, please call Annie Blooms where I work part time. (503) 246-0053. They’ll be happy to take a message about how to personalize your copy and then I’ll sign it on my next shift. We ship to any place in the United States.  If none of those options work for you, I am always grateful to readers who get their books at the public or school library. They have been great supporters of my work, too.

Rosanne is represented by Fiona Kenshole of the Transatlantic Literary Agency. For inquiries about rights, please contact Fiona@transatlanticagency.com

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