Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 6 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	7.85

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		biologist, countryside, invasion, ecology, newsletter, rattlesnake, conservation, budding, critical, fully, caribou, plight, truth, unwelcome, officer, fiction
	content words:		Farley Mowat, Angus Mowat, Great Depression, Young Farley, Nature Lore, World War II, Dog Who Wouldn't Be, Never Cry Wolf, United States, Saturday Night Magazine

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Farley Mowat
By Mary Lynn Bushong

¹     Do you like animals? Most people do, but very few are able to have a wide range of pets. Farley Mowat was one of those lucky people who could. He also wrote about them so others could enjoy his experiences as well.

²     Farley Mowat was born on May 12, 1921, in Belleville, Ontario. His father, Angus Mowat, was a librarian. Throughout his childhood, Farley and his family moved around Canada.

³     During the worst part of the Great Depression, the Mowat family lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Young Farley was able to spend part of his time ranging over the countryside. Among his pets were his dog Mutt, several cats, a Florida alligator, a rattlesnake, a squirrel, two owls, and hundreds of insects.

⁴     He was already a budding author by age thirteen when he began a newsletter called Nature Lore. He even had a local column in the newspaper about birds.

⁵     Mowat served during World War II and was involved in the invasion of Sicily. He fought from July to December 1943. He was then offered the opportunity to become an intelligence officer. In 1945, Mowat helped arrange the food drops in Holland, saving thousands of lives.

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