Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife

by Meeg Pincus (Author) Alexander Vidal (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Discover the amazing true story of P-22, the wild cougar living in Los Angeles, in this inspiring picture book.

P-22, the famed "Hollywood Cougar," was born in a national park near Los Angeles, California. When it was time for him to leave home and stake a claim to his own territory, he embarked on a perilous journey--somehow crossing sixteen lanes of the world's worst traffic--to make his home in LA's Griffith Park, overlooking the famed Hollywood sign. But Griffith Park is a tiny territory for a mountain lion, and P-22's life has been filled with struggles.

Residents of Los Angeles have embraced this brave cougar as their own and, along with the scientists monitoring P-22, raised money to build a wildlife bridge across Highway 101 to help cougars and other wildlife safely expand their territories and build new homes--ensuring their survival for years to come.

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Meeg Pincus
Meeg is the author of several nonfiction picture books, including Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank's Diary (2019), which received starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, and Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery (2020) from Sleeping Bear Press. Her books have won a variety of awards and been named to many state reading lists. Find out more at MeegPincus.com.

Meridth McKean Gimbel is an illustrator, author, and world-champion taco cruncher whose work has received many awards, including the National SCBWI-LA Mentorship Award. They are passionate about creating books that are like a snuggly blanket, an open window, and a very accessible door. Meridth is also passionate about donuts, corgis, and ghost stories. Learn more at meridthsayshello.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781534461857
Lexile Measure
650
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Publication date
February 20, 2021
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF051150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
JNF037020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
JNF003130 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc.
Library of Congress categories
California
Los Angeles
Puma
Wildlife crossings

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