Natasha Beaumont

A QUESTION OF TERRITORY: Pahin accidentally attracts the renegade wolves after two wolf-cubs get into a fight over territory. They all learn that when friends disagree, it's their enemies that benefit. GOING FISHIN': While fishing, Cinksi and Wanji take cover from a looming storm. After the storm passes, they discover Tap-Tap stuck in a tree. They must save their beaver friend.

PAHIN THE RECKLESS: After Wanji makes fun of Pahin the porcupine for acting scared, Yamni challenges them to cross through the geysers and prove that girls are just as brave as boys. ON THE TRAIL: Because of an argument, Yamni and Wanji cannot join in on the hunting training. Luta and Ska, their cousins, take advantage of this to scare their friend Moose, the young elk.

SUMMER STORM: A snowstorm has appeared in the middle of the summer! Winona, a young adult she-wolf, is buried beneath the snow after saving the wolf-cubs. Our wolf-cubs must help save her! TOPA TO THE RESCUE: After challenging her sister Topa to cross over a waterfall because she thinks she is too careful, Yamni gets carried off by the river. It is up to Topa to save her sister.

EMPTY RIVER: Wanji and Cinksi travel through the lands of the renegade wolves to see why there is no salmon in the river. Poum, the bear, tags along and learns that there is a time and place to be noisy. SAVE A FRIEND: Moose, the youngest elk of the herd, falls behind when migrating in search for food. Our little wolf-cubs must find and save him!

FOREST FIRE: A forest fire traps Wanji and Cinksi. Cinksi refuses to abandon his friend who is unable to overcome the fear of the fire and escape the flames. Everyone searches for ways to get them out of danger. THE CONE THIEF: Wahi's pine cone reserves have been looted every night as he sleeps. Cinksi, Wanji and the other wolf-cubs promise him that they will find the culprit.

THE GREAT WHITE BEAR Poum stuffs his face with bad berries and gets sick. Wanji and Cinksi head off on an expedition to find the plant remedy that only grows at the foot of the Spirit Bear cave. BEARS WILL BE BEARS Poum refuses to hibernate and wants to play instead. Can he fight his natural instinct to sleep or will he get himself into a world of trouble?

TALL STORIES: Pahin tells a story of a scary beast guarding a fabulous cave. Wanji and Cinksi make Pahin take them to find the cave, but does it really exist? A DIFFICULT DECISION: Moose runs away because he is ashamed of his father, the head of the heard, who is refusing to fight a young rebel elk. All of his friends search to find him. He discovers that sometimes fighting is not the answer.

Special is an uplifting, candid companion for those in the early stages of navigating a child's disability. Featuring antidotes to the obsessions at the forefront of a special-needs parent's mind: Why has this happened to me? Will I ever stop comparing my child to typical children? How will my relationship survive? Should I have another baby? And the big one: What will my future look like? Inspired by Melanie Dimmitt's own crash-landing into special-needs...