Alaska's Three Bears (Last Wilderness Adventure)
by Shelley Gill
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Author: Shelley GillIllustrator: Shannon Cartwright
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-01-11
ISBN: 093400711X
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Publisher: Sasquatch Books/Paws IV Children's Books
Book Reviews of Alaska's Three Bears (Last Wilderness Adventure)
Book Review: A different slant on those lovable bears.
Summary: 5 Stars
We picked this book up in the Anchorage airport gift shop in 2001 on our way to visit our Alaskan relatives in Nome. It is a delightful and very informative book about bears for both adults and children, although the focus is on children.
This is not the traditional Three Bears story. Alaska's Three Bears is about the three kinds of bears one might find in that great state and North America: the grizzly, the polar bear and the black bear. The opening sentence begins, "Once upon a time...", but in an box below the story line on every page is valuable information about bears in general and each of the three species of bear in particular.
The first information paragraph states: "There are three species of bear in North America. Grizzlies used to roam from Ohio to California, now the big brown bears have been driven north onto the last pieces of remote land. Black bear can still be found in forests throughout the U.S. but only in Alaska and Canada can you find all three bears; the grizzly, polar bear and black bear, living in the wilderness we call bear country." Did you know all that?
The book tells how each bear chose the place where he wanted to live. The polar bear liked the cold, snow and ice so he stayed in the far north. The grizzly liked the frolicking river with its salmon, the roots he could dig and animals he could chase. The little black bear finally chose the forest with its bug-filled stumps and places to hide. In the end, no matter how far each roamed, they could always find their way back home.
At the back of the book is a Teacher Resource Guide with suggestions on how to use the book. There's a page of dos and don'ts for traveling about in bear country, and also a lovely page of colorful covers of other titles available from Paws IV published by Seattle's Sasquatch Press.
Published in 1992, this book remains a popular one for youngsters of all ages. Though far from being a youngster, I find myself taking it off the bookshelf from time to time to reread the valuable information it contains and to enjoy the magnificent illustrations by Shelley Gill.
Carolyn Rowe Hill
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The polar bear, the black bear, and the grizzly travel across America's last wilderness to find perfect homes in a story complemented by bear facts.General Books
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