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PreS-Gr 1 Rueda perfectly blends the story of a polar bear's love for her cub with primary facts about these animals. Implicitly environmental in the belief that people will protect what they understand, the story is sensitively told in dialogue format, with a strong undergirding of fact and observation. The cub wants to know for sure that it is a polar bear. Mother reassures her baby, and supports her claim by noting specific attributes on subsequent spreads: "Your feet are large a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A cub asks, "Am I a polar bear?" And so begins his mother's descriptions of the habitat, physical characteristics, and attri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More