Bridget Levin

Bridget Levin undertook a serious writing career at age nine. She wrote in her avocado green, locking leatherette diary under a droopy-branched pine tree in the next door neighbor’s yard (which shielded her perfectly from her noisy and nosy 6 sisters and brother.)

Her writing trajectory has included stints as a magazine editor, cookbook editor, and brand name developer.

Levin lives in Minneapolis with her husband, twin daughters, 2 cats, 2 rats and 2 dogs, one of which has been said to look like a donkey! (One of the dogs, silly.)

Rules of the Wild: an Unruly Book of Manners
illustrated by Amanda Shepherd
Chronicle, 2004
ages 4 and up, ISBN 978-0-8118-4226-6

Reading Guide available from Minnesota Storytime

Playing in the dirt, staying up all night, and leaving clothes strewn across the floor are not a problem if you're a wild animal. Dunking food, burping, and splashing—no problem either. Human kids, who are expected to follow rules, rules, rules, will squeal with delight as the pages reveal wild animals getting away with all kinds of outlandish behavior and will relish "knowing better!"