Polar Bear (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823449163)

This companion book to the authors' Sibert award-winning Honeybee explores the life and habitat of a majestic endangered species through dramatic text and sumptuous illustration.

April in the Arctic . . .
Cold winds send snow clouds scuttling across the sky.
Temperatures barely nudge above freezing.
But every now and again,
The cloud cover parts,
The sun shines down,
And the frozen world stretches awake.

As spring approaches in the Arctic, a mother polar bear and her two cubs tentatively emerge from hibernation to explore the changing landscape. When it is time, she takes her cubs on a forty-mile journey, back to their home on the ice. Along the way, she fends off wolves, hunts for food, and swims miles and miles.

This companion book to Honeybee and Giant Squid features the unique talents of Fleming and Rohmann on a perennially popular subject. Eric Rohmann's magnificent oil paintings feature (as in Honeybee) a spectacular gatefold of the polar landscape.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author: Candace Fleming
ISBN-10: 0823449165
ISBN-13: 9780823449163
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2022
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 11.50h x 9.70w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 521852 / Polar Bear


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/19/2022
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2022
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2022 pg. 105
School Library Journal 10/28/2022 pg. 1
Booklist 11/01/2022 pg. 62
Shelf Awareness 12/30/2022
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2022 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style