Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma's Journey Book Talk & Hike at Lafferty Ranch

For two young mountain lion brothers born in central California, where cityscape meets the wilderness, life isn’t easy. Soon after their mother leaves them to fend for themselves, a dominant male puma attacks, sending them running. The brother who dashes across a treacherous highway is hit by a truck and killed. The brother who hides up a tree survives. And so the journey begins . . .

Join us for a short hike and engaging book talk centered on Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey, a graphic novel by author Tiffany Yap and illustrator Meital Smith. This outing is perfect for anyone who loves a nature-oriented, enteraining and educational graphic novel, including kids ages 7 and up! We’ll meet and hike up to a spot under a large, sheltering oak tree, where you’ll have a chance to talk to the author and illustrator about A Puma’s Journey and ask them any question you like! We’ll also be joined by Larry Modell, a LandPaths docent at Lafferty who manages the wildlife cameras on the preserve, and has some great tales about the animal behavior he’s spotted through the camera, including mountain lions!

Learn more about Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey here.

Find a copy of the book Copperfield’s Books or at the Sonoma County Library! They have plenty of copies at the Petaluma Library branch!