# Polar Bear - Hardcover

by **Candace Fleming** (Author), **Eric Rohmann** (Illustrator)

**This companion book to the authors' Sibert award-winning _Honeybee_ explores the life and habitat of a majestic endangered species through dramatic text and sumptuous illustration.**

_April in the Arctic . . ._  
_Cold winds send snow clouds scuttling across the sky._  
_Temperatures barely nudge above freezing._  
_But every now and again,_  
_The cloud cover parts,_  
_The sun shines down,_  
_And the frozen world stretches awake._

As spring approaches in the Arctic, a mother polar bear and her two cubs tentatively emerge from hibernation to explore the changing landscape. When it is time, she takes her cubs on a forty-mile journey, back to their home on the ice. Along the way, she fends off wolves, hunts for food, and swims miles and miles.

This companion book to _Honeybee_ and _Giant Squid_ features the unique talents of Fleming and Rohmann on a perennially popular subject. Eric Rohmann's magnificent oil paintings feature (as in _Honeybee_) a spectacular gatefold of the polar landscape.

**A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection**

### Author Biography

**Candace Fleming** is the author of more than thirty distinguished books for children including _Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera_, winner of an Orbis Pictus Honor and the Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book, and _Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper._ Her book _The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh_ received the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. She lives in Chicago.

**Eric Rohmann** is the award-winning author and/or illustrator of many beloved books for children. He received a Caldecott Honor for _Time Flies_ and a Caldecott medal for _My Friend Rabbit_. He also collaborated with Candace Fleming on _Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera_, winner of an Orbis Pictus Honor and the Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book. They live in Chicago, Illinois.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.5 x 9.7 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** December 06, 2022

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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