An Alberta Bestiary is a collection of the beasts of the rolling hills. Rancher Zahava Hanan draws on her intimate knowledge of the landscape to describe the animals of Southern Alberta, weaving together poetry and prose in an stirring, intimate glimpse into the worlds of bears and butterflies, cows and coyotes. These animals in turn teach lessons about land and landscape, self and selfhood, spirituality and humanity.

This book illuminates in prose the rhythms of the land and the aspects of a life close to nature that are at once stirring and ephemeral. The practical needs of every day, the spiritual sweep of the human experience, and the grand wisdom of the natural world are woven together as Haan blends poetry, quotations, observations, and more .