Product Description

Grizzly bears have no enemies but humans. Here are fascinating facts about their habits, biology, and important place in their ecosystem.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #726401 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 4--With her usual clear writing and inviting artwork, Gibbons provides a solid introduction to these impressive mammals. The mostly full-page watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations amplify the information presented in the text and provide colorful glimpses of the creatures' woodland habitat. Readers learn about where grizzlies once roamed and now live, their size and amazing speed, various physical features that enable their survival, what and how much they eat, and their seasonal habits and life cycle. The author finishes with a discussion about current efforts to protect these animals from extinction. The final page gives interesting facts about grizzlies. Additional information is provided in insets and in the captions. Simple range maps and labeled diagrams complete the package.--Sally Bates Goodroe, formerly at Harris County Public Library, Houston, TX
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From Booklist
PreS-Gr. 2. Once again, Gibbons makes science exciting and accessible for children. On each page are clear watercolor-and-ink pictures and a few lines of simple text that pack in a lot of information: facts about diet, habitat, and hibernation; how the bears nurse, raise, and protect their cubs; and their status under the 1975 Endangered Species Act. The back page summary of "grizzly bear footprints" includes 10 small pictures and snippets of essential information, including concise advice about protecting oneself if threatened by a grizzly. There's one grammatical error in these instructions: readers are advised to "lay on the ground, roll up in a ball, and lay perfectly still." That tiny misstep aside, the book is an excellent introduction. Hazel Rochman
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About the Author
Gail Gibbons has published close to fifty distinguished nonfiction titles with Holiday House. According to "The Washington Post", "Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator." She lives in Vermont. Her website is www.gailgibbons.com

Customer Reviews

Grizzly Bears
Shows the habitat, characteristics, and range of grizzly bears. Majority of book covers a two year life cycle of a sow and her cubs. Includes some really nicely detailed illustrations. A few extra bear facts are presented at the end of the book. Karen Woodworth-Roman, Children's Science Book Review

Nice illustrations; false information
Mediocre child's book about grizzly bears provides basic information about anatomy and the life cycle of the sow and her cubs. Presents evolutionary theory as both a belief and a fact on the second page. "Many scientist believe the bear family...evolved from the dog family about 20 million years ago. Around 3 million years ago they began to look like the bears we know today."

The author also indicates that the sow and her cubs hibernate. Contrary to popular belief (due to elementary teaching in public schools), bears do not hibernate. They go through a period called dormancy, which differs from hibernation in many ways. Children can handle accurate information, so why not provide it?

Two stars given (rather than one) for beautiful illustrations.