I love San Francisco’s wild coyotes. We have 17 families/territories in an only 49 square mile city. I follow Janet Kessler’s Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/coyoteyipps/) and websites (https://coyoteyipps.com/ and https://coyotecoexistence.com/.)

I wanted to love this book but I didn’t love it. The paintings are lush and lovely. The information given on the last two pages elevated the book somewhat and I like that the Project Coyote website (https://projectcoyote.org/) is mentioned. The story proper I understand what it tried to do. The stories of young & old coyote and young & old human sharing a wild space is a good one. I guess because as a vegan I consider myself to be NOT a predator I probably enjoyed this story less than omnivores would. Balance in nature is important but the fishing, even though unsuccessful, turned me off. The educating that the older human gives to the younger human is fine but it felt more like a lesson than a real conversation. It is a lovely book and it is educational and I did like aspects of it, just not nearly as much as I’d anticipated. I’m definitely in the minority so don’t listen to me. Most of the reviews here are glowing. 2-1/2 stars ( )

As someone who has spent a lot of time hiking and camping with my kids, I wish I had the picture book when they were younger. A story interwoven with facts about the natural world -- my young children would have loved this! Perfect to share with a young naturalist. ( )