"Rewilders want to restore habitats to their natural state, easing the damage done by humans."

This book recounts rewilding offers that attempted to release endangered animals such as tigers, wolves, and bears back into the wild. The books also talks about butterfly migration and bringing back wildlife into cityscapes. The key to rewilding is striking a balance between cores, corridors, and keystone species and this slim tome offers tantalizing glimpse at what it takes to achieve that even distribution.

Interesting book with lots of information. I keep up with reintroductions of animals into the wild and think it's interesting. I realize many animals are endangered on our planet due to habitat loss and human encroachment, Also, I know many animals are in zoos, private and public, sometimes more than there are in the wild, as in the case of tigers. Yellow Stone Park is a good example of rewilding of wolves. I don;t know what the solution will be, but something needs to be done to set land aside just for the animals. This book is a good intro to the subject. Lots of food for thought.

This book is a very valuable resource and source of information for parents and their children. It stimulated a fun time reading it with my grandson and discussing the issues thereafter. Highly enjoyable.
My thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

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An ideal way to learn about bringing natural
areas back to health

Much of my early science education, like many in my generation, was focused on ecology. We were raised to revere endangered species, to vilify logging and oil companies. We tend to think there's nothing else we can learn about ecology. So when I came across this book and a term with which I was unfamiliar, I was intrigued. And I was not disappointed. There is plenty of good information. Each example is presented with an easily understood vocabulary that isn't oversimplified. Each case study brings another element into the conversation, both successes and new complications.

Rewilding: Giving Nature a Second Chance by the sister writing duo of Ann Love and Jane Drake is a children's non fiction book that is currently schedule for release on October 10 2017. Rewilding is an important environmental movement to restore habitats to their natural state in order to support native species and make room for animals to move freely. In this comprehensive look at rewilding, the authors present examples from around the world where endangered animals have been rehabilitated and returned to their natural habitats. From pandas and peregrine falcons to jaguars and wolves, the story of these animals testifies to the fact that with good management, the extinction of species can be avoided. This book also relates how cities have begun to restore nature by planting everything from tiny rooftop gardens to huge parks on disused land.

Rewilding: Giving Nature a Second Chance can be a valuable resource in classrooms, for research, or for an interesting read for anyone that is interested in the environment and wildlife. It is written for a middle grade audience, but I think teens and adults can learn from it as well. I was interested to read about rewilding, and how it is becoming more popular, or at least more well known beyond the people that already try to minimize out impact of the environment. I found the information to be well organized, accessible, and interesting. I know my daughter (my personal animal expert) will be rereading some of the sections, particularly about wolf habitats since they are her current obsession. The photographs throughout the book are full color and simply stunning. I could just browse through the book to enjoy those images.

A thought provoking and hopeful look at how communities can go 'back to nature'.

Fascinating and informative. A real eye-opener and hopeful book for our world and our children. Highly recommended.
---Ronb