Tucson Festival of Books

Courage in the Wild: Animals in Action


Animals live in a world made dangerous by humans and must take action to survive. Three authors tell powerful animal tales that range from leadership in a wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park to animals climate heroes and animals who need crossings built for them to have hope for survival.


Panelists
Teddi Lynn Chichester

Teddi Lynn Chichester is the daughter of a botanist, UCLA faculty member, and a superfan on widlife corridors and crossings. Her new nonfiction book is "Wildlife Crossings of Hope: Connecting Creatures Around the Globe....

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Rosanne Parry

Rosanne Parry is the author of the bestselling novels "A Wolf Called Wander," "A Whale of the Wild," and "A Horse Named Sky" as well as "The Wolf Effect." These Voice of the Wilderness stories center the voices of wild animals and their struggle to survive in a dangerous and changing world....

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Alison Pearce Stevens

Award-winning author Alison Pearce Stevens writes fun nonfiction for curious young readers. All of her work is inspired by a love of science and nature. "Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds" and "Animal Climate Heroes!" were both named Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selections....

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Books:
Wildlife Crossings of Hope
Connecting Creatures Around the Globe
Teddi Lynn Chichester
Children
Holiday House
July 2024
ISBN 9780823453542
160 pages

A Wolf Called Fire
A Voice of the Wilderness Novel
Rosanne Parry
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2025
ISBN 9780063415133
256 pages

Animal Climate Heroes
Alison Pearce Stevens
Children
Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
March 2024
ISBN 9781250847348
104 pages