We Are Bears

by Molly Grooms

Overview

Mother Bear teachers her new cubs all about being bears. They learn to be climbers and swimmers and diggers and sleepers. Mother Bear is very proud of them. The cubs' adventures come alive through beautifully detailed illustrations. In this enhanced edition, enjoy read-along and fun animations that bring the bear cubs' adventures to life!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461742593
Publisher:	Cooper Square Publishing Llc
Publication date:	09/01/2002
Series:	Nature for Kids
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	45 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Molly Grooms grew up sharing her parents' passion for nature, animals and words. Her father, Steve Grooms, was a respected outdoor and conservation author; her mother, Kathe Grooms, is a book publisher, and for decades the family spent most of their free time around their cabin on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior. Molly is the author of the We Are... series. She lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota with her husband, son, and zany rescue dog, Odie.

Editorial Reviews

Following the same format as their previous collaboration (We Are Wolves, which Groom wrote under the pen name Melinda Julietta), author and artist here chronicle a day in the life of a mother bear and her two cubs. "This new world looks so BIG!" says a cub, as he and his brother emerge from their den for the very first time. The mother teaches them how to search for food, escape a hive of bees, etc., recapping the lessons with simplistic summaries ("We are climbers"; "we are searchers"; "we are swimmers" and so on). Back in the den for dinner and sleep, Mother Bear concludes with "We are bears." Groom genially presents succinct chunks of information, but the juxtaposition of factual information with the bears' purported "dialogue" may be off-putting to some readers. The strongest passages report the bears' natural behavior. Guarnotta's meticulous artwork lifts the book away from the anthropomorphism of the text into realism. One stunning painting of a cub hiding in a pond among some water lilies looks like a photograph. Whether depicting the flora and fauna of the forest or the bears themselves, her portraits are both charming and accurate. Ages 4-8. (Nov.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-K-On their first venture out from their den, two black bear cubs are instructed in proper behavior by their mother and learn to trust their senses. The youngsters discover that bears are climbers (to escape danger), searchers (for honey), swimmers (for food and fun), diggers (of roots to eat), and sleepers. While this simple introduction humanizes the animals somewhat through the use of dialogue, Guarnotta's photo-realist paintings make it clear that the text is more fact than story. In several illustrations, the painstakingly detailed bears seem to be superimposed on impressionist-style landscapes. Spot art-a butterfly, a flower, a cluster of berries, a bee-on the pages of text adds another element of nature to the lesson. Young children will relate to the curious cubs' exploration of the world around them as they learn some of the habits of these animals.-Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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