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A Bear Far from Home

Susan Fletcher - Anne Schwartz Books
Format: Hardcover

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

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

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

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

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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Five Flying Penguins

Barbara Barbieri McGrath - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

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 Trouble with Penguins

Rebecca Jordan-Glum - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover


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The King Penguin

Vanessa Roeder - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Pup and Bear

Kate Banks - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

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

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

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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The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins

Sandra Markle - Millbrook Pr
Format: Library Binding

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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Passionate About Penguins


Format: Hardcover


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March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture

Luc Jacquet - National Geographic
Format: Print book

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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It Bears Repeating

Tanya Tagaq - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

This beautifully crafted picture book celebrates one of the world's most awesome animals: the polar bear. Evocative but simple text by award-winning musician and artist Tanya Tagaq is accompanied by striking art in this classic counting book.. Beginning with 1 proud polar bear standing...
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Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic

Candace Fleming - Anne Schwartz Books
Format: Hardcover

Venture to the Arctic Ocean and discover real life underwater unicorns--narwhals--in this stunningly illustrated nonfiction picture book.. You are a narwhal. Shy... Swift... Small... Humans call you unicorn of the Arctic.. When winter ice covers the Arctic Ocean, a narwhal pokes his head...
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