Fiction - General & Miscellaneous, Bears & Giant Pandas, Mammals - Bears
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Overview
In a cozy den protected from the sub-zero blizzard raging outside, a mother polar bear gives birth to two tiny cubs. For weeks the cubs grow stronger, until at last it is time to break out of the den and explore the wide world outside. Hunting, swimming, stalking, and traveling across dangerous sea ice are all important survival lessons the cubs must learn from their mother before they can venture out on their own.This insightful look at the world's most distinctive bear combines a moving story line with intriguing bits of information about the animal and its life in the Arctic.
Details the life cycle of a mother polar bear and her two cubs, from their birth to their learning of survival lessons.
Synopsis
In a cozy den protected from the sub-zero blizzard raging outside, a mother polar bear gives birth to two tiny cubs. For weeks the cubs grow stronger, until at last it is time to break out of the den and explore the wide world outside. Hunting, swimming, stalking, and traveling across dangerous sea ice are all important survival lessons the cubs must learn from their mother before they can venture out on their own.This insightful look at the world's most distinctive bear combines a moving story line with intriguing bits of information about the animal and its life in the Arctic.
Editorials
School Library Journal
K-Gr 4Lovely acrylic paintings accompany this informative and lyrical text that focuses on a mother polar bear and her two cubs. The blue-gray palette perfectly evokes the frozen and forbidding landscape that the animals travel through after leaving their snug winter den. Polar bear diet, habitat, and parenting behavior are smoothly integrated into the satisfying narrative. Miller's focus on the cubs and their interaction with their mother adds an important dimension to the story. This title is more informative than Joanne Ryder's White Bear, Ice Bear Morrow, 1989, though the style of illustration is remarkably similar. Thor Larsen's fine Polar Bear Family Book North-South, 1996 is for older readers. Libraries that have both of these titles might want to add copies of A Polar Bear Journey instead of replacing the Ryder book. Collections needing a well-written nonfiction book will find this a useful purchase.Ellen M. Riordan, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MDFrom the Publisher
"Lovely acrylic paintings accompany this informative and lyrical text. . . . Polar bear diet, habitat, and parenting behavior are smoothly integrated into the satisfying narrative.”"—School Library JournalBook Details
Published
December 18, 1997
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pages
32
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780316572446