Eventually, the other animals of the wildwood learn that Leaf just wants to go home. An icy place which is melting, which is how he ended up drifting so far away and ending up in the wild wood. At the same time, the retreating ice is resulting in more polar bears spending longer periods on land. This book is part of a series written and illustrated by a husband and wife that features their daughter, Anja. The images are mostly photographs set in a Nordic wonderland and they’re absolutely captivating. In this book, Anja and her brother Erik find a standard polar bear cub and try to help it find its way home. The Last Polar Bear by Jean Craighead George These measures must be based on identified Indigenous marine use in the Bering Strait. Now is the opportunity to protect this new maritime frontier before it is too late. Bilateral cooperation will be essential for the success of these recommendations. Take, for example, Scholastic Reader!® Level 1: Polar Animals — a nonfiction book (for grades K-1) about all types of Arctic animals, ranging from walruses to seals! The rhyming text and close-up photography will help your students learn the material while having fun.

Polar bears roam the Arctic ice sheets and swim in that region's coastal waters. They are very strong swimmers, and their large front paws, which they use to paddle, are slightly webbed. Some polar bears have been seen swimming hundreds of miles from land—though they probably cover most of that distance by floating on sheets of ice. Arctic Adaptations This tale of acceptance gently highlighting the plight of polar bears in today's changing climate had me enraptured from start to finish. Little Polar Bear Finger Puppet Book– Spend a day at play with Little Polar Bear in this fun and interactive reading experience for parent and child.

In the Arctic, most industrial development has been on relatively small pieces of land. As summer sea ice retreats, a new ocean is emerging, which allows more opportunities for industrial development at sea and on larger parcels of land, which WWF is currently fighting against. The publishers provided an advanced readers copy of this book for reviewing purposes. All opinions are my own. Can you believe that this little book about a very big polar bear can introduce young readers to addition and fractions? This polar bear can’t understand why he is so much bigger than the other animals around him and he learns how many sardines or walruses it would take to reach his height. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? By Bill Martin, Jr. & Eric Carle There's also Who Would Win?: Polar Bear vs. Grizzly Bear, an educational book that puts these two bears head-to-head in a hypothetical battle to teach kids about animal biology. Through comparing and contrasting, your students can learn about the two bears' hunting skills, sense of smell, speed, and more. Due to climate change the Arctic is heating up twice as fast as anywhere else on the planet, shrinking the Arctic sea ice cover by 14% per decade. Compared to the median sea ice cover recorded between 1981-2010, we have lost about 770,000 square miles, an area larger than Alaska and California combined.

Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear– Lars is accidentally scooped up in a fishnet and put into a ship. How is he ever going to get home? This one is the best I've seen yet. The illustrations are beautiful, striking and charming, guaranteed to make you sympathetic to the story. The words themselves are simple, and tell a beautiful story. I cried real tears, twice, while reading it. Polar Bears– Here is information about how polar bears swim and hunt, how they keep warm and dry, and the many other ways they adapt to their environment. We've supported the design of steel food storage containers, so that local people can continue to store their food outside but protect it from marauding bears and electric fences to separate bears from dog teams.

Polar Bear Books for Kids

I was looking for something comforting and light to read when I couldn't fall asleep in the middle of the night, and then I see the completely stunning cover of this picture book and was instantly enchanted...

If you are looking for some nonfiction polar bear books for kids, these are some great titles to add to your collection! Ice Bear by Nicola Davies Offshore petroleum installations and operations in the Arctic are expected to increase in number. This expansion would likely affect polar bears and their habitat in many ways, including the following: I love the language..."Together they stomped and snarled. Their growls turned into howls so loud they filled up the zoo, rising higher than skyscrapers, scaring pigeons, surging toward stars." I genuinely can't stop thinking of the utterly vibrant illustrations in here. Like, I tried to close my eyes after reading and all I could see were the lively colors springing up in my mind over and over. Here's a handful of examples of said occurrence:

Breeding and Behavior

Females den by digging into deep snow drifts, which provide protection and insulation from the Arctic elements. They give birth in winter, usually to twins. Young cubs live with their mothers for some 28 months to learn the survival skills of the far north. Females aggressively protect their young, but receive no help from their solitary male mates. In fact, male polar bears may even kill young of their species.