"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces polar bears to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

Photographs and text introduce children to the physical characteristics, natural habitats, history, life cycle, and folklore of polar bears.

Traces the life cycle of polar bears, from the birth of twin cubs, through their infancy, until they leave their mother to seek mates of their own.

Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.

"What if you wished you were a polar bear and then you became one? Could you eat like a polar bear? Live in the cold Arctic tundra? And would you want to? Find out!"--Back cover.

With the help of his friends, family, and some new characters, the king of the Arctic must save New York City and his home.

This book was never meant to exist. No one needs to know the details. Just know this: there's a Merry, a Larry, a missing tooth, and a teachers' strike that is crippling Timmy Failure's academic future. Worst of all, Timmy is banned from detective work. It's a conspiracy of buffoons. He recorded everything in his private notebook, but then the manuscript was stolen. If this book gets out, he will be grounded for life. Or maybe longer. And will Timmy's...

Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favourite chair and that chair just isn't big enough for two. Mouse tries all kinds of tactics to move the pesky Bear but nothing works and poor Mouse gives up. Once Mouse has gone, Bear gets up and walks home. But what's that? Is that a Mouse in Bear's house?!

While hunting with his father, a young polar bear drifts out to sea and ends up in a jungle where a friendly hippototamus helps him return home.