First Friend

First Friend follows the long history of how wild wolves became dogs and how people learned to communicate with and grow up alongside the animals they came to love. Kersten Hamilton wrote the book in a poetic voice, and Jaime Kim illustrated it. The story opens in a distant past, when a young girl first came upon a wolf pup.

In that era, people believed wolves and children could never be companions. Even so, the two species taught each other a great deal, including how to hunt, how to barter, how to stay alive, and how to play. As the years stretched on and the world transformed around them, a boy went fishing with a wolf and a girl traded with a wild dog. Over time, animal and human matured side by side, and the bond they formed is the friendship we know today.