The Daily Coyote is an autobiographical book written by Shreve Stockton, and published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. It chronicles Stockton's relocation to Wyoming, after living in New York, and her adjustment to the changes. During this time, she is given a ten-day-old coyote pup which she raises. The book describes the joys and troubles she experiences raising a coyote, and details how she started a blog where she would daily post a picture of the coyote. The name of the blog, "The Daily Coyote", gave rise to the book's title. [1] [2] [3]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Susan Shreve is an American novelist, memoirist, and children's book author. She has published fifteen novels, most recently More News Tomorrow (2019), and a memoir Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood (2007). She has also published thirty books for children, most recently The Lovely Shoes (2011), and edited or co-edited five anthologies. Shreve co-founded the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing program at George Mason University in 1980, where she teaches fiction writing. She is the co-founder and the former chairman of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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The Daily Coyote: Ten Years with Charlie' by Shreve Stockton, 2017. Self-published.