bears

Young children can practice their reading skills with this heartwarming story about a bear with a loud, rumbly tummy and the rabbit friend who finds food to help fill his hungry belly.

Animals keep asking for help, but Big Bear doesn't care. What will happen when Big Bear needs help? Full-color illustrations and a reading comprehension activity makes this story perfect for emerging readers.

"North Carolina's black bears were once a threatened species, but now their numbers are rising in and around Asheville. But what happens when conservation efforts for a species are so successful that there's a boom in the population? Can humans and bears live compatibly? What are the long-term effects for the bears? Author Amy Cherrix follows the scientists who, in cooperation with local citizen scientists, are trying to answer to these questions and more. Part field science, part conservation science, [this book] looks at black bears--and other animals around the globe--who are rapidly becoming our neighbors in urban and suburban areas"--Provided by publisher.

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

A young bear imagines an adventure in a supermarket as he waits to purchase a red balloon. Additional features to aid comprehension include a letter to educators and caregivers, an introduction to the authors and illustrator, a word list, and an activity.

Charged with caring for a friend's cat while she's away, a young bear searches the house to find the pet. Additional features to aid comprehension include a letter to educators and caregivers, an introduction to the authors and illustrator, a word list, and an activity.

"Spend a day with the coolest bears on the planet. Meet playful pandas and fighting polar bears . . . Over the course of one day, discover how different bears spend their time, from grizzlies ishing for salmon to a young black bear leaving his mom for the first time"--Back cover.

In this nonfiction picture book, Brown Bear thinks he's the only bear in the book but then Polar Bear, Sloth Bear, Sun Bear, American Black Bear, Giant Panda, and others arrive. Together they make a list of bear characteristics, behaviors, foods, and homes. Includes additional facts on the eight bear species and further resources.

A den of hibernating bears and a family of birds find warmth and shelter during a storm by sharing what they have.

"Poorling is a little bear. She's a bit different from her brothers. Mother keeps their family safe. For the Forest is full of dangers. It is there that Mana lives, with her Shadow children. And above them all, Emuu, the great Grandma in the Sky"--Jacket flap.