Being a Beast When Cora meets Sam at

When Cora meets Sam at a baby group in their small town

himself and his new companions

and lovable in ways that she's never been

Whimsical illustrations with soft colors and bold lines

With clear-eyed research and lush prose

Being a Beast When Cora meets Sam atCharles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non humans, the beasts. And to do that, he tried to be like them, choosing a badger, an otter, a fox, a deer, and a swift. He lived alongside badgers for weeks, eating earthworms and learning to sense the landscape by smell rather than sight. He tried to catch fish in his teeth while swimming like an otter, rooted through London garbage cans as an urban fox, was hunted by bloodhounds as a red