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Polar Bears
The polar bear is the biggest and most powerful of the animals that are able to survive the hostile climate of the Arctic. Cubs are born during the cold dark winter, even though they start out with only a thin coat of fur and weigh a little over one pound. The mothers raise and teach them so they may grow and survive in the wild. Here is information about how polar bears swim and hunt, how they keep warm and dry, and the many other ways they adapt to their environment.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Gail Gibbons
227 books164 followersFrom gailgibbons.com: I was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1944. Even as a little child, I was always busy putting books together. Sometimes I would bind them with yarn to hold the pages together. I've always loved drawing and painting. I was also a very curious child. My parents tell me that I was always asking lots and lots of questions.
Later, I went on to the University of Illinois, where I studied graphic design. Then I moved to New York City, where I got a job doing artwork for television shows. Eventually I was asked to do the artwork for a children's show. While doing that show, some of the children asked me if I had ever thought of doing children's books. My mind immediately recalled how much I enjoyed doing that type of thing when I was a child. So I put an idea for a book together and right away a publisher bought it. That book was called Willy and His Wheel Wagon. Since then, over 170 books that I have written and illustrated have been published. The type of books I write are non-fiction books. This is because I love researching so much. I get to ask lots of questions, just like when I was a kid. I also get to travel and meet lots of interesting people. While doing research for my book Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests, I traveled to two islands where there are tropical rain forests, Saba and Dominica. I also had a great time writing and illustrating the book. I get a lot of pleasure from doing the type of work I do.
Later, I went on to the University of Illinois, where I studied graphic design. Then I moved to New York City, where I got a job doing artwork for television shows. Eventually I was asked to do the artwork for a children's show. While doing that show, some of the children asked me if I had ever thought of doing children's books. My mind immediately recalled how much I enjoyed doing that type of thing when I was a child. So I put an idea for a book together and right away a publisher bought it. That book was called Willy and His Wheel Wagon. Since then, over 170 books that I have written and illustrated have been published. The type of books I write are non-fiction books. This is because I love researching so much. I get to ask lots of questions, just like when I was a kid. I also get to travel and meet lots of interesting people. While doing research for my book Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests, I traveled to two islands where there are tropical rain forests, Saba and Dominica. I also had a great time writing and illustrating the book. I get a lot of pleasure from doing the type of work I do.
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February 3, 2019
I had seen this in my library's catalog when I was looking under this author for all her books. And I was in the mood to learn about polar bears since I recently read East and polar bears are my favorite animal. I was disappointed to see the illustrations are the same as the other ones I've read by her. I can't stand this style! It's like a sketchy drawing with all these weird color fills and blotching, splotchy images. I didn't even want to look at the pictures.
I like that she writes so many informative books for kids, so they learn all the important facts about different subjects. Her books never just cover one thing, she explains other aspects as well. So in here it wasn't just polar bears, it was about their environment and factors affecting them too.
Some pages showed the sky with these red streaks which looked like bloody trails. It was grisly. Another showed the polar bear sitting at an ice hole, with this really cute seal under the water and I felt so bad for it that the bear was waiting there to kill it. The next page showed the bear biting the seal. There wasn't blood, but I still thought it was too graphic for children. Other pages showed the bear crawling up to a seal who had surfaced to breathe, and another illustrated the text that said bears bob in the water to make seals think they're ice floating in the water, before they grab the seal. The bear had one paw on the seal, whose eyes were closed, lying down getting ready to eat it. I hate to see prey animals being preyed upon even if I happen to like the predator as an animal. I certainly do not enjoy seeing predation, and I'm an adult, so kids would probably have a problem with this. I felt so bad for the seal.
She said there's only a few animals that live in the Arctic, the bears, obviously, then then foxes, walruses and terns, but then later in the book showed scavengers and there was a gull. So shouldn't a gull have been mentioned in the beginning with the other animals??
I knew some things about polar bears beforehand, like the fact that their skin is actually black and their hair is colorless, but I learned quite a bit of new things and that's the whole point of reading.
I couldn't believe there was a page with a polar bear and its body parts labeled...I mean, a tail, back, neck, legs, toes, claws, nose, mouth, and teeth were labeled, as if we couldn't tell what they were without being told! At least the line pointing to the eyes had text that informed us that "small ears so they won't freeze." Every body part that was indicated should have contained an explanation, otherwise it's just pointing out body parts that are really obvious and that everyone would know by sight.
She said that they're carnivores, but later said they eat berries and kelp during the summer when they can't hunt meat. So it should have said they're mostly carnivores, or they're omnivores because they will eat plants when food is scarce.
It's cool that she mentioned Churchill, because I watched Polar Bear Town which was filmed in that town.
Here are the facts:
They live in the Arctic where there it's snowy and the wind always blows. It's always cold there, around negative 30 degrees and can get as low as negative 58. The Arctic is the area around the North Pole. Part of it is frozen land, with no trees, called the tundra. I was surprised that most of it is ocean and ice covers the water for most of the year. The map showed the polar bears' range, with parts in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
There are only a few animals that can survive in this environment, like arctic foxes, ringed seals, arctic terns, and walruses.
They are a part of the family Ursidae. Polar bears are the largest of the 8 bears. Scientists think they've existed for 100,000 years. They're called Ursus Maritimus, meaning "sea bear." Males can be as tall as 10 ft when they stand up, and weighs from 750 lbs to 1,100 lbs. A female is 2/3s this size.
Males' paws can be as wide as 12 in. and 18 in. long. The paws have rough pads and fur to keep them from slipping on ice. The fur also keeps their paws warm. They are partially webbed to allow them to swim.
The eyes have a thin, clear, extra eyelid that protects them from the bright sunlight. They don't have eyelashes because they would collect ice.
They are big but fast, graceful and athletic. They can run 30 miles an hour for short distances. They can swim over 40 miles.
They have a great sense of smell. Scientists believe they can smell a seal more than 3 miles away. They can see well in light and dark and hear well.
When they are angry, they growl, hiss, show their teeth, and lower their heads and ears.
The top layer of their fur is made up of colorless guard hairs which look white. They're waterproof and trap air to keep the bear dry and warm. Below that there is a layer of dense underfur. Next there is black skin that retains heat from sunlight. The fur keeps the heat next to the bear's body. Under that is a layer of fat called blubber. It's almost 3 in. thick and insulates the body from the cold.
They eat meat and are patient hunters. Their favorite meal is seals. They look for breathing holes in the ice where seals come up for air. The will wait for sometimes hours. They swat the seal when it comes up and then grabs them with their mouths. Sometimes they slowly creep toward a seal, and then pounce. Sometimes they float in the water, looking like a chunk of ice to the seal, then when they're close enough they grab the seal. Scavengers like arctic foxes, ivory gulls, and arctic terns, wait to clean up the rest of the kill.
In the winter bears spend most of their time hunting, excluding pregnant females. They're able to catch a seal about every 5 days. Most of the time they only eat the skin and blubber. They can eat as much as 150 lbs of blubber at one time. They eat walruses, small whales, fish, and other sea life too.
In late spring and summer the ice breaks up and seals are hard to find. They hunt musk oxen, caribous, and seabirds then. When they can't find these, they eat berries, mushrooms and seaweed. In late fall and winter they hunt seals again.
In the spring male and females mate. After several days they leave each other. In the summer they continue hunting.
Females are pregnant for 6.5 to 9 mo. In the fall they dig a den. They sleep and rest while they wait to give birth. She lives off of the fat she gained in spring and summer, about 400 lbs.
The cubs are born in the winter. She can have 1-4 cubs. Their eyes are closed, they can't hear, and they have a thin coat of fur, and weigh a little over 1 lb. They nestle in their mom's fur and sleep. They can hear at 3 weeks, and at about 4 weeks their eyes open. They grow to 4 times their birth size during the first month. At 2 mo. they can walk and play and are furry. At 3 mo. they leave the den but stay close for a week. Soon the mom teaches them to hunt, and they watch her get food. She protects them from danger. They'll stay with her for 2 years until they're almost fully grown. They learn how and where to hunt, how to protect themselves and how to dig dens, then they go off on their own.
Any polar bear will dig a den for protection when it's too cold to hunt.
Eskimo are the related Northern groups of people, meaning "eaters of raw meat." Inuit is the name of Eskimos in Canada, meaning "the people." Inupiat is the Eskimos in northern Alaska, meaning "the real people."
People are their main enemy. People in the Arctic have hunted them for thousands of years for their meat and fur. And people came from far away to hunt them for sport. Around 1970 people were concerned about their survival. There were only around 500 left. Laws were passed to stop almost all hunting. Some native peoples are still allowed on a limited hunt because of their beliefs and heritage. Today there are believed to be 20,000 to 40,000.
Other dangers are global warming and less ice, meaning less area to hunt. Also drilling for oil and gas causing pollution. Dangerous chemicals are carried by the wind from industrial areas.
They have the same body temp. as humans.
They can swim 4 mph.
Native people call them Nanook. They respect the strength and power and believe they have souls. When they kill a polar bear they thank the bear's soul.
They tell stories and legends about polar bears and make carvings of them.
Polar bears never meet penguins because penguins live in the southern hemisphere, and polar bears live in the north.
Some polar bears have to migrate for food, while others don't have to.
Greenland has a protected park for them, est. in 1973.
They may live up to 30 years.
I like that she writes so many informative books for kids, so they learn all the important facts about different subjects. Her books never just cover one thing, she explains other aspects as well. So in here it wasn't just polar bears, it was about their environment and factors affecting them too.
Some pages showed the sky with these red streaks which looked like bloody trails. It was grisly. Another showed the polar bear sitting at an ice hole, with this really cute seal under the water and I felt so bad for it that the bear was waiting there to kill it. The next page showed the bear biting the seal. There wasn't blood, but I still thought it was too graphic for children. Other pages showed the bear crawling up to a seal who had surfaced to breathe, and another illustrated the text that said bears bob in the water to make seals think they're ice floating in the water, before they grab the seal. The bear had one paw on the seal, whose eyes were closed, lying down getting ready to eat it. I hate to see prey animals being preyed upon even if I happen to like the predator as an animal. I certainly do not enjoy seeing predation, and I'm an adult, so kids would probably have a problem with this. I felt so bad for the seal.
She said there's only a few animals that live in the Arctic, the bears, obviously, then then foxes, walruses and terns, but then later in the book showed scavengers and there was a gull. So shouldn't a gull have been mentioned in the beginning with the other animals??
I knew some things about polar bears beforehand, like the fact that their skin is actually black and their hair is colorless, but I learned quite a bit of new things and that's the whole point of reading.
I couldn't believe there was a page with a polar bear and its body parts labeled...I mean, a tail, back, neck, legs, toes, claws, nose, mouth, and teeth were labeled, as if we couldn't tell what they were without being told! At least the line pointing to the eyes had text that informed us that "small ears so they won't freeze." Every body part that was indicated should have contained an explanation, otherwise it's just pointing out body parts that are really obvious and that everyone would know by sight.
She said that they're carnivores, but later said they eat berries and kelp during the summer when they can't hunt meat. So it should have said they're mostly carnivores, or they're omnivores because they will eat plants when food is scarce.
It's cool that she mentioned Churchill, because I watched Polar Bear Town which was filmed in that town.
Here are the facts:
They live in the Arctic where there it's snowy and the wind always blows. It's always cold there, around negative 30 degrees and can get as low as negative 58. The Arctic is the area around the North Pole. Part of it is frozen land, with no trees, called the tundra. I was surprised that most of it is ocean and ice covers the water for most of the year. The map showed the polar bears' range, with parts in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
There are only a few animals that can survive in this environment, like arctic foxes, ringed seals, arctic terns, and walruses.
They are a part of the family Ursidae. Polar bears are the largest of the 8 bears. Scientists think they've existed for 100,000 years. They're called Ursus Maritimus, meaning "sea bear." Males can be as tall as 10 ft when they stand up, and weighs from 750 lbs to 1,100 lbs. A female is 2/3s this size.
Males' paws can be as wide as 12 in. and 18 in. long. The paws have rough pads and fur to keep them from slipping on ice. The fur also keeps their paws warm. They are partially webbed to allow them to swim.
The eyes have a thin, clear, extra eyelid that protects them from the bright sunlight. They don't have eyelashes because they would collect ice.
They are big but fast, graceful and athletic. They can run 30 miles an hour for short distances. They can swim over 40 miles.
They have a great sense of smell. Scientists believe they can smell a seal more than 3 miles away. They can see well in light and dark and hear well.
When they are angry, they growl, hiss, show their teeth, and lower their heads and ears.
The top layer of their fur is made up of colorless guard hairs which look white. They're waterproof and trap air to keep the bear dry and warm. Below that there is a layer of dense underfur. Next there is black skin that retains heat from sunlight. The fur keeps the heat next to the bear's body. Under that is a layer of fat called blubber. It's almost 3 in. thick and insulates the body from the cold.
They eat meat and are patient hunters. Their favorite meal is seals. They look for breathing holes in the ice where seals come up for air. The will wait for sometimes hours. They swat the seal when it comes up and then grabs them with their mouths. Sometimes they slowly creep toward a seal, and then pounce. Sometimes they float in the water, looking like a chunk of ice to the seal, then when they're close enough they grab the seal. Scavengers like arctic foxes, ivory gulls, and arctic terns, wait to clean up the rest of the kill.
In the winter bears spend most of their time hunting, excluding pregnant females. They're able to catch a seal about every 5 days. Most of the time they only eat the skin and blubber. They can eat as much as 150 lbs of blubber at one time. They eat walruses, small whales, fish, and other sea life too.
In late spring and summer the ice breaks up and seals are hard to find. They hunt musk oxen, caribous, and seabirds then. When they can't find these, they eat berries, mushrooms and seaweed. In late fall and winter they hunt seals again.
In the spring male and females mate. After several days they leave each other. In the summer they continue hunting.
Females are pregnant for 6.5 to 9 mo. In the fall they dig a den. They sleep and rest while they wait to give birth. She lives off of the fat she gained in spring and summer, about 400 lbs.
The cubs are born in the winter. She can have 1-4 cubs. Their eyes are closed, they can't hear, and they have a thin coat of fur, and weigh a little over 1 lb. They nestle in their mom's fur and sleep. They can hear at 3 weeks, and at about 4 weeks their eyes open. They grow to 4 times their birth size during the first month. At 2 mo. they can walk and play and are furry. At 3 mo. they leave the den but stay close for a week. Soon the mom teaches them to hunt, and they watch her get food. She protects them from danger. They'll stay with her for 2 years until they're almost fully grown. They learn how and where to hunt, how to protect themselves and how to dig dens, then they go off on their own.
Any polar bear will dig a den for protection when it's too cold to hunt.
Eskimo are the related Northern groups of people, meaning "eaters of raw meat." Inuit is the name of Eskimos in Canada, meaning "the people." Inupiat is the Eskimos in northern Alaska, meaning "the real people."
People are their main enemy. People in the Arctic have hunted them for thousands of years for their meat and fur. And people came from far away to hunt them for sport. Around 1970 people were concerned about their survival. There were only around 500 left. Laws were passed to stop almost all hunting. Some native peoples are still allowed on a limited hunt because of their beliefs and heritage. Today there are believed to be 20,000 to 40,000.
Other dangers are global warming and less ice, meaning less area to hunt. Also drilling for oil and gas causing pollution. Dangerous chemicals are carried by the wind from industrial areas.
They have the same body temp. as humans.
They can swim 4 mph.
Native people call them Nanook. They respect the strength and power and believe they have souls. When they kill a polar bear they thank the bear's soul.
They tell stories and legends about polar bears and make carvings of them.
Polar bears never meet penguins because penguins live in the southern hemisphere, and polar bears live in the north.
Some polar bears have to migrate for food, while others don't have to.
Greenland has a protected park for them, est. in 1973.
They may live up to 30 years.
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December 6, 2025
With a map and several watercolor images of polar bears, those ever-fascinating denizens of the Arctic, this picture book will be a hit with young readers. Updated from its original publication almost 25 years ago, it depicts these bears when hibernating as well as when they are hunting seals and other creatures. To leaf through the pages and read the text is to emerge filled with awe at these animals' ability to survive. Due to climate change, hunting, and drilling, their fate continues to remain uncertain. What a loss that would be for humanity! As always, Gibbons' work shows respect and admiration for her subject. The final page contains ten thumbnail sketches and facts about these amazing animals.
February 12, 2026
The new update one was a perfect fit for my kid who love learning, but to young to sit with a nonfiction text for long.
Great resource on Polar Bear and current issues of habitat lose.
Great resource on Polar Bear and current issues of habitat lose.
April 20, 2012
The first non-fiction book I chose to review was Polar Bears by Gail Gibbons. The book starts off by telling the reader that polar bears and other animals live in the Arctic, a brutally cold area near the North Pole. Next, the author gives some facts about polar bears. Polar bears are the largest bears in the Ursidae family. Male polar bears may be as tall as 10 feet and weigh 750 to 1100 pounds. After the facts comes the polar bear's physical characteristics. Even though polar bears are big, they are graceful and athletic. They have an extraordinary sense of smell, vision, and hearing. Polar bears eat meat and especially like ringed seal. Springtime is when the male and female polar bears mate. In the fall, pregnant females dig a den, sleep, rest, and wait to give birth. The cubs are born in the winter and are very tiny, can not hear or see and are covered in a thin coat of fur. Their bed is their mother's fur because it is so warm. During the first month, the cubs grow four times their birth size. Two years after the cubs are born, they leave their mothers and fend for themselves. Humans used to hunt and kill polar bears but laws have been passed to prevent that so that they do not become extinct. Today, polar bears live in zoos where people can see them safely. This book is for primary, intermediate, and advanced readers. This book is an amazing factual book about polar bears. Everything a person needs to know will be in this book. Not only are the facts great but the pictures are great as well. All of the pictures are very detailed and they stick to the colder colors; blues, whites, purples because the books talks about cold climates. All of the illustrations have clear lines and shapes. I would recommend this book to anybody who has to do a report on polar bears. It is fun for children to read because of the pictures but for teenagers it has very useful information as well. It is also interesting to learn about an animal that you may not have known much about.
November 30, 2015
Gibbons, Gail. Polar Bears. Holiday House, 2001.
Polar Bears, depicts the life of the “biggest and most powerful” animal living in the Arctic. These giant bears are hunters who are able to withstand the Arctic tundra due to their layers of thick fur. Gibbons provides an informational view about how polar bears are able to go about their lives. She informs readers about their life, size, feeding, babies, and environment in which they live in. She does an amazing job at depicting their life and habitat due to her detailed illustrations that also provide in depth descriptions that allow readers to discover more information than the story line itself allows. Gibbons also uses her pictures and descriptions to describe to readers other details of those who live within the Arctic as well.
Classroom Connections: This book would be great to use within a science unit on the Arctic and the animals that inhabit it. This book is extremely informational and would give students a great background on polar bears, however I think that it would be beneficial to extend the information by including outside articles, other books, and actual pictures of polar bears within their habitat. After completing the portion of the unit on polar bears and other Arctic animals I would have students put together an informational poster on one of the animals we learned about. I would have the students split into groups and each group would be given a different animal. After completing their projects I would have each group present their posters and additional findings on their given Arctic animal in order to wrap up the unit. After students presented I would start a discussion on similarities and differences of the Arctic animals we discussed and see what the students could connect based on the presented and taught information.
Polar Bears, depicts the life of the “biggest and most powerful” animal living in the Arctic. These giant bears are hunters who are able to withstand the Arctic tundra due to their layers of thick fur. Gibbons provides an informational view about how polar bears are able to go about their lives. She informs readers about their life, size, feeding, babies, and environment in which they live in. She does an amazing job at depicting their life and habitat due to her detailed illustrations that also provide in depth descriptions that allow readers to discover more information than the story line itself allows. Gibbons also uses her pictures and descriptions to describe to readers other details of those who live within the Arctic as well.
Classroom Connections: This book would be great to use within a science unit on the Arctic and the animals that inhabit it. This book is extremely informational and would give students a great background on polar bears, however I think that it would be beneficial to extend the information by including outside articles, other books, and actual pictures of polar bears within their habitat. After completing the portion of the unit on polar bears and other Arctic animals I would have students put together an informational poster on one of the animals we learned about. I would have the students split into groups and each group would be given a different animal. After completing their projects I would have each group present their posters and additional findings on their given Arctic animal in order to wrap up the unit. After students presented I would start a discussion on similarities and differences of the Arctic animals we discussed and see what the students could connect based on the presented and taught information.
December 15, 2009
Reading level: K-2
Gibbons uses and interesting assortment of paint strokes and shading throughout the book. The shading shows the power of the bear and the wind and snow in the background makes the bears appear strong and determined. The text is in various places throughout the page. There are parts of the text that are written within the pictures to illustrate parts of the polar bears body and then there is additional information presented on the bottom of the page. Rather than being written as a story, this book pretty much just provides basic information in a data format. However, it is written in a way that is easy to understand for young readers.
I would first read this story as a read aloud to make sure the students got a better understanding of the power and hardships of the bears. Then, I would keep this book on the shelf with other animal books to compare and contrast it with the other animals and their habitats.
Content Connections: Language Arts: Picking an animal and writing a small book about the animal. The children would include researched information for the older grades and maybe just pictures about the animal parts and such for the beginning learners.
Science: Studying polar bears and their habitats
Gibbons uses and interesting assortment of paint strokes and shading throughout the book. The shading shows the power of the bear and the wind and snow in the background makes the bears appear strong and determined. The text is in various places throughout the page. There are parts of the text that are written within the pictures to illustrate parts of the polar bears body and then there is additional information presented on the bottom of the page. Rather than being written as a story, this book pretty much just provides basic information in a data format. However, it is written in a way that is easy to understand for young readers.
I would first read this story as a read aloud to make sure the students got a better understanding of the power and hardships of the bears. Then, I would keep this book on the shelf with other animal books to compare and contrast it with the other animals and their habitats.
Content Connections: Language Arts: Picking an animal and writing a small book about the animal. The children would include researched information for the older grades and maybe just pictures about the animal parts and such for the beginning learners.
Science: Studying polar bears and their habitats
December 6, 2014
Polar Bears by Gail Gibbons is an informational picture book illustrated by Gibbons herself. The book gives "information about how polar bears swim and hunt, how they keep warm and dry, and the many other ways they adapt to their environment."
This book was packed with great illustrations and a ton of information. I liked how there was a map showing where polar bears live, making it easier for kids to visualize the Arctic and the North Pole. The illustrations give a lot of additional information that the text may not be able to explain. The page talking about polar bear characteristics shows a picture of a large polar bear, and several things on the polar bear's body are labeled. There are also close-up images of a polar bear's paw that also come with labels. Some pictures also come with a pronunciation and definition of key words like "eskimo," "inuit," and "inupiat"-- all words that many children are not familiar with. I definitely recommend this book because it gives a lot of great information in a fun and engaging way.
This book was packed with great illustrations and a ton of information. I liked how there was a map showing where polar bears live, making it easier for kids to visualize the Arctic and the North Pole. The illustrations give a lot of additional information that the text may not be able to explain. The page talking about polar bear characteristics shows a picture of a large polar bear, and several things on the polar bear's body are labeled. There are also close-up images of a polar bear's paw that also come with labels. Some pictures also come with a pronunciation and definition of key words like "eskimo," "inuit," and "inupiat"-- all words that many children are not familiar with. I definitely recommend this book because it gives a lot of great information in a fun and engaging way.
June 10, 2014
Gail Gibbons provides readers with detailed illustrations and a non-fiction text that is easily understood. The illustrations are both accurate and appealing. She also provides readers with additional information through diagrams, maps, and captions. She uses a variety of text features to emphasize various information throughout the text. The text reads like a narrative story making the information accessible to readers. Although the illustrations are realistic, it would be beneficial for students to have additional real life photographs of the animals to better understand what they look like in their natural habitat.
This would be a great read aloud during the colder months. It could be part of a unit about artic animals in general. Students could create informational posters about the animal of their choice. They could use texts such as this or additional information to support their presentation.
This would be a great read aloud during the colder months. It could be part of a unit about artic animals in general. Students could create informational posters about the animal of their choice. They could use texts such as this or additional information to support their presentation.
February 1, 2013
Great non fiction book for kids to learn more about Polar bears. This book would be great for 'all about' book reading or learning about mammals, bears, etc. the pictures are clearly labeled with more detailed information on each page. Would be great for a picture walk or research.
April 30, 2013
I love informational books, and this one happens to be all about polar bears. If you are teaching a lesson on bears, this is a great one to use specifically for polar bears. You could use this in k-2 lessons.
July 31, 2016
I would have given this book three or four stars if not for one sentence. The author promotes an anti-biblical evolutionary timescale when she sates "Most scientists believe polar bears have been living on earth about 100,000 years."
April 18, 2025
There is excellent information about polar bears in this book. It is presented in an easy to follow way with nice illustrations. Very interesting.
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September 24, 2018A fun little book to talk about polar bears and how they live and what they do. It is a great book to learn more about polar bears and good for a 1st and 2nd grade classroom.
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