Bears! Bears! Bears!

by Bob Barner

Overview

Everyone's favorite bears (and some you may have never met before) fish, munch, dive, cuddle, and climb their way through this playful romp. The simple rhyming text is enhanced with fun facts about new cubs (pandas are born no bigger than a stick of butter!) and bears around the world (the spectacled bear is the only species native to South America), while Bob Barner's richly textured paper collage illustrations bring the bears of the world to life. Budding ursinologists will bearly be able to contain themselves—this book is sure to leave them roaring for more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452104065
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	07/22/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	470L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

Bob Barner is an award-winning author and illustrator of numerous nonfiction books for children. When he's not working on books, Bob likes to present his work to schools and libraries around the world. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Cathie. Learn more at www.bobbarner.com.

Editorial Reviews

KIRKUS REVIEWS
a bare introduction for the youngest learners

KIRKUS REVIEWS
a bare introduction for the youngest learners

KIRKUS REVIEWS
a bare introduction for the youngest learners

SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Collages rendered in vibrant hues lead youngsters through a fanciful expedition....Beginning readers might like to attempt this one on their own.

SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Collages rendered in vibrant hues lead youngsters through a fanciful expedition....Beginning readers might like to attempt this one on their own.

SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Collages rendered in vibrant hues lead youngsters through a fanciful expedition....Beginning readers might like to attempt this one on their own.

From the Publisher

PreS-Gr 1—Collages rendered in vibrant hues lead youngsters through a fanciful expedition. The colorful spreads and rhyming text will entertain children as they discover the variety of bears found around the world. Similar to the author's Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! (Chronicle, 2007), the rhymes include information about the animals ("Black bears doze in snowy winter sleep."). Two concluding spreads contain facts about bears and ursine habitats. ("Grizzly Bear Cubs grow up to be 9 feet tall and 1,000 pounds." "Black bears live in the mountains and woodlands of North America.") In the last one, the color-coded paw prints containing the facts correspond with the different continents on a map. Beginning readers might like to attempt this one on their own.—Melissa Smith, Green Valley Library, Henderson, NV

School Library Journal

A survey of eight bear species, some familiar, others likely to be new to readers. "Bears! Bears! Bears! / I want to see a world of bears." The gently rhyming text introduces readers to a single fact about each of the bears, most having to do with habits or diet: "Giant pandas munch bamboo with a snap. / Spectacled bears cuddle up for a nap." Other highlighted species include polar, sun, grizzly, sloth, moon and black bears. As with many of his titles, Barner's brilliantly colored collages outshine the text. His furry, cuddly bears will have broad appeal. Backmatter includes a spread of baby-bear facts, one for each species, and a map showing the bears' global locations, with color-coded pawprints indicating range. Removed and unfolded, the dust jacket becomes a "Bears of the World" poster featuring an enlarged version of this map. With its relative paucity of facts, this is more of a bare introduction for the youngest learners than a book for established bear enthusiasts. (Informational picture book. 2-6)

Kirkus Reviews