Resources for Kids

Learn more about moose and their environment

Resources & References

A moose eating leaves from a branch in a forest setting.

Resources for Kids

Books

Berry, William D. (author and illustrator), Deneki: An Alaskan Moose. New York: Macmillan, 1965; Press North America, 1988.

Carmichael, E. The Boreal Forest: Life in the World’s Largest Land Biome. Illus. Josee Bisaillon. Toronto, Ontario: Kids Can Press, 2020.  [Josee should have accent aigue on first e]

Guiberson, Brenda Z. Life in the Boreal Forest. Paintings by Gennady Spirin. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2009.

Hoshino, Michio, Moose. Chronicle, 1988.

Klepeis, Alicia Z. 24 Hours in the Taiga: A Day in an Ecosystem. New York: Cavendish Square Publishing, 2018.

Promack, Jennie. Seasons of the Moose. Photos by Thomas J. Sanker. Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 1992.

Silliker, Bill Jr. (author and photographer). Moose: Giant of the Northern Forest. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 1998.

Moose Paperback – September 1, 1988 by  Michio Hoshino  (Author) Chronicle

Videos

Moose: Life of a Twig Eater. PBS, Nature, first aired Feb. 10, 2016. A photographer follows a moose cow and calf through its first year of life.

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Search “moose” on YouTube for a wide selection of awesome videos and sound recordings from Northern Europe, Canada, and the United States.

Websites

NationalGeographic Kids www.kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/moose

National Wildlife Federation www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/Moose

Where moose live: The Boreal Forest www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/boreal-forests/

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park www.nwtrek.org

Resources & References

Further Reading

Connie (Constance H.) Hellyer, “Our Favorite Moose”. Pacific Search (magazine), Nov. 1975

David (“Doc”) Tirrell Hellyer, MD (1913-2006), At the Forest’s Edge: Memoir of a Physician-Naturalist. Pacific Search Press (1985), University of Washington Press (2000)

Cameron Mayer Wallin, A Trek Through Time: Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. Northwest Trek Foundation, 2001, (commemorating the park’s 25th anniversary)

William D. Berry (author and illustrator), Deneki: An Alaskan Moose, Press North America (3rd ed., 1988)

Jerry Haigh, Of Moose and Men: A Wildlife Doc’s Pursuit of the World’s Largest Deer. ECW Press (2012)

Primary Sources

Bowyer, R. Terry; Van Ballenberghe, Victor; and Kie, John G. 2003. Moose (Alces alces). In Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation, eds G.A. Feldhamer; B.C. Thomson; and J.A. Chapman.  2d ed., pp. 931–64. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Franzmann, Albert W. 1981. Alces alces. Mammalian Species 154: 1–7.  

­­­­­­­­­Franzmann, Albert W. and Schwartz, Charles C., eds. 2007. Ecology and Management of the North American Moose. 2d ed.  Boulder: University of Colorado Press, A Wildlife Management Institute Book. 

Geist, Valerius. 1963. On the Behavior of the North American Moose (Alces alces andersoni Peterson 1950) in British Columbia. Behavior 20: 377–415. 

Geist, Valerius. 1999. Moose: Behavior, Ecology, Conservation.  Stillwater, Minn.: Voyageur Press. 

Haigh, Jerry. 2012. Of Moose and Men: A Wildlife Vet’s Pursuit of the World’s Largest Deer. Toronto: ECW Press. 

Hellyer, David T. 2000. At the Forest’s Edge: Memoir of a Physician-Naturalist. University of Washington Press.

Rodgers, Art. Moose. 2001.  Stillwater, Minn.: Voyageur Press, WorldLife Library.

Van Ballenberghe, Victor. 2013.  In the Company of Moose.  2d ed.  Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books.

Consultants - Nature & Science Advisors

Many thanks to these folks who shared their expertise with me in the development of this book:

R. Terry Bowyer, Professor (retired), Univ. of Alaska. 2001 recipient of The North American Moose Conference and Workshop’s Distinguished Moose Biologist Award.

Jerry (Jeremy C.) Haigh, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Saskatchewan. Fellow, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (UK).  www.jerryhaigh.com

Marc Heinzman, Zoological Curator, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.   www.nwtrek.org

Gordon H. Orians, Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Washington.

Robert Peel, Curator (retired), Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo.