A Visual Introduction to Bears

by Bernard Stonehouse

Book Overview

Profiles include: Brown bears Grizzly bears Kodiak bears Polar bears Black bears Sloth bears Sun bears Spectacled bears Giant pandas. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816039232
• ISBN13: 9780816039234
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9

Customer Reviews

Cute when Cubs

"Bears are curiously appealing to man. We like to think of them as wise, friendly, gentle animals, perhaps like grown-up teddy bears. Scientist who have studied them tell another story." Pg. 9 There is hardly anything that will turn me to a piece of melted butter like kittens and bear cubs. I am absolutely captivated when nature shows reveal the cuteness of baby animal life. Little rolly-polly bears soon grow up into strong and destructive forces which don't enjoy being caged or tethered and can become bored and aggressive. So, cats it will have to be for me. Bears also have uncertain tempers while cats are mostly always friendly. The following topics each have two pages: The bears and their relations, Giant cave bears, Eurasian brown bears, Siberian brown bears, Grizzly bears, Kodiak bears, Polar bears, Wanderers of the North, Family Life, American black bears, Asian black bears, Sloth bears, Sun bears, Spectacled bears, Giant pandas, Bears and man, Bears at risk and Saving the bears. Each bear is pictured in its own environment and is given two pages with full-color illustrations. Fact File - On the left upper corner of the page, shows order, family, Latin name, color, length, height, weight and range. Interesting Fact - is next on the left hand section below fact file. In the center of the page, a picture of the bear and information on the actual bear being discussed. Bear Watching Around The World - a section introducing subjects like: How bears began, How bears became scarce, Where can we see grizzly bears, Behavior: how bears live together and Bears and Early humans. Well until I can have a bear as a pet, I'll just stick to sleeping with a teddy bear. ~:> <br /> <br />~The Rebecca Review