Who are bears? How do bears grow up? Is a red panda really a bear? This book provides young readers with answers to these and other questions about bears.

"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to bears through simple, predictable text and related photos"--

A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.

The Great Panda Tale is a beautifully designed reader all about a very special delivery at the zoo. Children will love to find out about the baby pandas - from taking care of the panda mother to the arrival and lives of the tiny cubs.

A new reader about cuddly, adorable pandas: what do they eat? What are their habitats like? What does it mean when we say pandas are an endangered species? Includes full color photographs and easy-to-read text.

Introduces bears, describing their physical characteristics, food, habitat, and behavior.

Find out how polar bears eat, talk and sleep, among other interesting facts.

"A bear cub explores the different types of homes animals build in the forest. Peek-through holes in each page provide a glimpse inside"--

Bears are the elegant giants of land carnivores. Powerful yet shy, these solitary creatures are remarkable for their size, strength, and adaptable intelligence. What is a Bear? gives children clear insight into the world of bears, including: • the bear family tree • special features of a bear's body • how mothers care for their cubs • the differences in bear diets • their hunting techniques

Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, get their name from the white moon-shaped blaze on their chests. Sadly, there are more moon bears in captivity than in the wild, as the animals are being farmed for their commercially valuable bile. This text pays tribute to the endangered species.