BadPaw: Ice Edition

The Heartwarming Tale of a Secret Friendship Between a Lonely Girl and Wolf Pup

By: Jo Lee

Narrated by: Ellie Rodz

The Feel Good Film Festival Screenplay semi-finalist!

Ice Edition: Set in the Northern Rockies, the grey wolf species is to be delisted from the Endangered Species Act and free to be hunted all in the name of "population control", but for one lucky little injured wolf-pup, a wolf-hating livestock farmer’s lonely little daughter secretly befriends this orphaned pup and tries to nurse him back to life...but will our brave little hero be able to save him in time before her secret is exposed?

This children's chapter book is perfect for any child who loves animals stories/books. A perfect piece of literature for bedtime stories. Themes include:

• loneliness
• friendship
• family bonding
• love
• loss
• sacrifice
• letting go for the greater good

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Critic reviews

"This is a beautiful little book. A story well told and delightfully illustrated throughout. A story with a serious message in presenting us with an all-too-familiar scenario today: the exploitation and destruction of innocence in the name of so-called progress which in reality means greed and personal profit. Badpaw, a sweet and lonely wolf pup with an injured paw seeking compassion and comfort and finding it in young Holly, the daughter of a profiteering rancher in The Northern Rockies mountain range in Idaho responsible alongside his friends for the persecution and destruction of these beautiful creatures...but all is not lost for the wolf or humanity as compassion is found and love prevails. Yes, an excellent story for children which carries a message that all humanity must now heed: wake up and begin to care for this precious Earth and all who live upon her." (Michael Vincent, author of Self Enquiry: On Being You. A Journey into Truth)