Cougar Crossing by Meeg Pincus, and Alexander Vidal - ADVISABLE

Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife by Meeg Pincus, illustrated by Alexander Vidal, NON-FICTION, PICTURE BOOK Beach Lane (Simon and Schuster). 2021. $18. 9781534461857 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

When a wild cougar sets up his territory in Griffith Park, the National Park Service tags him and watches. It's too small an area for a cougar, something must be done about the busy Los Angeles Freeways and give wildlife safe access across. 

I had to laugh - there's a circle (tunnel? camera lens?) on each page with a scientist from the LA County Museum and a rep from the Park Service - they continually interrupt the story with facts, just like they would do if they were reading the story to your class. The illustrations are nice, and look like LA. I loved the "find these wild animals in the picture" section. There's also some back matter with a time line and more info about cougars and animal crossings. 

Lisa Librarian