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A Bear Far from Home
Susan Fletcher - Anne Schwartz Books
Format: Hardcover
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This poignant historical nonfiction book, about a polar bear that was gifted to King Henry III, beautifully shows the importance of respecting our natural world and its precious animals.Long ago, when kings and queens ruled much of the world, the king of Norway gave the king of England... |
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A Polar Bear in the Snow
Mac Barnett - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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A majestic polar bear heads out on a mysterious walk in a dazzling, playful collaboration from an exciting pair of picture-book creators.Follow a magnificent polar bear through a fantastic world of snow and shockingly blue sea. Over the ice, through the water, past Arctic animals and even... |
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Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival
Lindsay Moore - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Lindsay Moore's remarkable and beautifully illustrated picture book follows a lone polar bear as she makes her way across sea ice in the Arctic. Sea Bear is a deeply moving and informative story about perseverance, family, nature, and climate change that will resonate with readers of all ages.... |
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Roly Poly
Mem Fox - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover
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Roly Poly the polar bear gets a little brother he did not ask for, in this charming story about sibling rivalry and the bonds of family from the beloved picture book creators of Time for Bed, Mem Fox and Jane Dyer.Roly Poly the polar bear loves being an only child. His bed is only... |
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The Best Kind of Bear
Greg Gormley - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover
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When Nelly asks Bear what kind of bear he is, he isn't entirely sure how to answer. So off he goes to find out. But none of the different bears he meets on his travels are like him. Grizzly bears don't have stitching; polar bears don't have tags attached to their bottoms; spectacled bears... |
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Polar Bears Underwear
Tupera Tupera - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Polar Bear has lost his underwear! Where could it be? Theres only one thing to do: Remove the books underwear-shaped bellyband to find the missing pair! Is that Polar Bears underwear? No, its Zebras - see the colorful stripes? What about that itty-bitty pair? No, those belong to Butterfly!... |
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Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters!
Marikka Tamura - Nancy Paulsen Books; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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You may have seen the cute pictures of penguins wearing sweaters--but did you know why they were wearing them? Debut author Marikka Tamura answers this question in this colorful, kid-friendly book that is told simply and charmingly. Penguins love the sea. Happy in the dark blue water. But what... |
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Five Flying Penguins
Barbara Barbieri McGrath - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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Five little penguins are content in the cold--until they spot a menacing mammal!With a rhyming narrative that counts to five, adorable penguins are soaring--or flying--through the sea, trying to elude a lurking creature. But as young readers of this charming tale will discover, a friendly... |
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The King Penguin
Vanessa Roeder - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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King Penguin is off to find subjects who will listen to him - as long as they don't eat him first, in this cheeky tale by beloved author-illustrator Vanessa Roeder. Percival the King Penguin doesn't think he's asking for too much when he makes all the rules - he is a king after... |
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Penguin Journey
Angela Burke Kunkel - Abrams Appleseed
Format: Hardcover
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Packed Snow / Moon glowWind-blown / All alone This young picture book is about the incredible lengths to which emperor penguins go for their young ones. Angela Burke Kunkel's lyrical text and Catherine Odell's gorgeous illustrations detail the penguins' amazing journey, and an author's... |
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Penguinaut!
Marcie Colleen - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Orville lives at the zoo, surrounded by animal pals who go on exciting adventures. A hang gliding rhino! A deep-sea diving giraffe! Orville struggles to keep up, until one day he concocts an adventure all his own: build a spaceship and fly to the moon all by himself. Can one tiny penguin... |
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Seals Are Jerks!
Jared Chapman - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover
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In a hilarious story for fans of We Don't Eat Our Classmates, a young girl is determined to find out the truth about her favorite animals -- and find out once and for all, are seals really jerks and do they really eat penguins?!Seals are Lorelei's favorite animal: they're so cute... |
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Ten Animals in Antarctica: A Counting Book
Moira Court
Format: Hardcover
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It's time to meet ten land and sea animals that live in Antarctica! From sailing leopard seals to haunting icefish, young readers will love discovering the many unique animals of our chilliest continent in this beautiful, rhyming counting book. |
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Klondike, Do Not Eat Those Cupcakes!
Amanda Driscoll - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Join a hungry seal as he attempts the impossible task of waiting until his sister's party to eat a delicious birthday cupcake in this hilarious picture book that's perfect for fans of The Bear Ate Your Sandwich.What's the one thing you could say to make birthday cupcakes even more... |
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Well Done, Mommy Penguin
CHRIS HAUGHTON - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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With his vibrant, stylish art and spot-on visual storytelling, Chris Haughton turns to Antarctica for an irresistible ode to family bonds and awesome moms. "She'll be back soon, won't she?" "She sure will," says Daddy Penguin. The sky may be dark over icy waters,... |
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Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Uni the Unicorn and Gaston, this heartwarming and adorable debut picture book tells the story of a young unicorn who was born under the sea to a family of narwhals.Growing up in the ocean, Kelp has always assumed that he was a narwhal like the rest of his family.... |
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Lottie & Walter
Anna Walker - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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An original, compelling, and visually stunning treatment of a common childhood predicament: overcoming a fear of the water. Lottie goes to swim lessons every Saturday, but she never gets in the water. That's because she is convinced there is a shark in the pool, a shark that wants to eat her and only... |
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Walrus Song
Janet Lawler - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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What's the ruckus?What's that sound?Walrus calls and songs astound - Honk, honkkkk! HOOO, HOOOOT! Diving, feasting, twirling - catch a glimpse of the joy found in a walrus's icy home. Follow as it plays hide-and-seek with a friend, lounges on an ice floe, and demonstrates an impressive... |
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Penguin Problems
Jory John - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year selection "Well-paced, bursting with humor, and charmingly misanthropic."-- Kirkus Reviews starred reviewA penguin levels with human readers about what penguin life is really like--and it isn't all fun and games. A hilarious first... |
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Adrift: An Odd Couple of Polar Bears
Jessica Olien - Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Format: Print book
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Perfect for fans of Goodnight, Already! and You Will Be My Friend, this is a classic and quirky story of finding friendship where you least expect it, from the author/illustrator of The Blobfish Book and Shark Detective. Karl and Hazel are polar bears. They are not friends.Until . . . CRAAACCKKK!Of... |
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Pup and Bear
Kate Banks - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover
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This deeply emotional read-aloud about a lost wolf pup who is raised by a loving polar bear is sure to resonate with families - particularly non-traditional ones. You are not my mother, said the wolf pup. I am not your mother, said the polar bear, but I can cuddle you and keep... |
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Nanuk the Ice Bear
Jeanette Winter - Beach Lane Books
Format: Print book
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Experience Arctic chills and warm hugs in this nonfiction picture book about a loving polar bear family from acclaimed author-illustrator Jeanette Winter.At the top of the world, Nanuk the ice bear hunts for food, meets a mate, and hibernates through the winter with her newborn cubs. When... |
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Virgil & Owen stick together
Paulette Bogan - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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Virgil and Owen are best friends! They love playing together at home and at school. But sometimes even best friends can be very different. Virgil loves to be the first one to school. Owen likes to take his time. Virgil always raises his hand the fastest. Owen likes to think things through.... |
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Penguins!
Gail Gibbons - Holiday House; 1st edition
Format: Audiobook
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A fact-filled book includes information about the seventeen different kinds of penguins, including their physical characteristics, how they swim, dive, and feed, how they survive the cold, and how they come together to form rookeries to mate. |
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The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins
Sandra Markle - Millbrook Pr
Format: Library Binding
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African Penguins are in trouble, and many people are trying to help. Scientists and volunteers are working together in South Africa to create a hopeful future for these birds, one fluffy chick at a time. |
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March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture
Luc Jacquet - National Geographic
Format: Print book
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This winning combination of vivid photographs and informative, inspiring text is the companion volume to the extraordinary surprise hit film deemed "Irresistible" by Entertainment Weekly. Timed perfectly for the holidays and the November release of the DVD!Read the incredible,... |
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