ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nancy Furstinger is the author of nearly 100 books, including many on her favorite topic:
animals! She has been a feature writer for a daily newspaper, a managing editor of trade and
consumer magazines, and an editor at two children’s book publishing houses. She shares her
home with big dogs, house rabbits, and a chinchilla (all rescued).
Copyright © 2019 by Focus Readers, Lake Elmo, MN 55042. All rights reserved. No part
of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written
permission from the publisher.
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Content Consultant: Timothy R. Van Deelen, Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology,
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Furstinger, Nancy, author.
Title: We need wolves / by Nancy Furstinger.
Description: Lake Elmo, MN : Focus Readers, [2019] | Series: The animal files
| Audience: Grade 4 to 6. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018037878 (print) | LCCN 2018038549 (ebook) | ISBN
9781641854894 (PDF) | ISBN 9781641854313 (e-book) | ISBN 9781641853156
(hardcover) | ISBN 9781641853736 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Wolves--Ecology--Juvenile literature. |
Wolves--Conservation--Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL737.C22 (ebook) | LCC QL737.C22 F87 2019 (print) | DDC
599.77--dc23
LC record available at
Printed in the United States of America
Mankato, MN
October, 2018
