
This photograph was taken at the Tucson Wildlife Center.
Desert
Duets: Javelina
Resources
Informational Books:
Desert Babies A-Z by Bill Broyles, photographs by Paul and Joyce Berquist (Rio Nuevo, 2005)
Don't
Call Me Pig: A Javelina Story by Conrad Storad, illustrated
by Beth Neely and Don Rantz. (Resort Gifts Unlimited, 1999).
Javelinas by Jane Manaster. (Texas Tech University Press,
2006).
Javelinas by Lola M. Schaefer. (Heinemann Library, 2004).
Also available in Spanish, El jabalí.
Javelinas by Lauray Yule. (Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2004).
The Moon of the Wild Pigs by Jean Craighead George, illustrated
by Paul Mirocha. (HarperCollins, 1992).
Fiction Books:
The
Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim
Harris. (Northland, 1992). Also available in Spanish, Los tres
pequeños jabalíes. (Northland, 1996).
Songs:
"The Javelina Ballad" by Patty Horn: In the Shade of
the Saguaro: A Collection of Desert Songs (Two Geckos Publishing,
1996).
Web Sites:
Arizona Game and Fish Department: "Living
with Javelinas"
ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library for Kids: Search Mammals for Javelina
ASDM Sonoran Desert Especially for Kids: "Animal Fact Sheet: Javelina"
Desert USA: The Ultimate Desert Resource: "Collared
Peccary"
Desert USA: Javelina
QuickTime Movie
Wikipedia: "Peccary"
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