The Last Polar Bear

Jacket Description/Back: The world is warming, and the ice is melting. Tigluk must save the last polar bear. From master storyteller Jean Craighead George, with art from the critically acclaimed Wendell Minor. Marc Notes: Tigluk and his grandmother paddle out into the Arctic Ocean where they find a young polar bear whose mother has died because of the changes brought about by the warming climate, and they bring the cub back to their town so they can teach it how to survive in a changing world.; Ages 4-7. Publisher Marketing: Can a human boy help save a baby polar bear? Paddling through the Arctic Ocean in their kayaks, Tigluk and his aka-his grandmother-spot a polar bear cub on a faraway ice floe. But he is all alone and has lost his mother... Ages 5+. Review Citations:

Booklist 08/01/2009 pg. 79 (EAN 9780061240676, Hardcover)

Kirkus Review - Children 10/01/2009 (EAN 9780061240676, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 12/01/2009 pg. 82 (EAN 9780061240676, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 (EAN 9780061240676, Hardcover)

Booklist 08/01/2009 pg. 79 (EAN 9780061240683, Library Binding)

School Library Journal 12/01/2009 pg. 82 (EAN 9780061240683, Library Binding)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 (EAN 9780061240683, Library Binding)

Contributor Bio:  George, Jean Craighead Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George. Contributor Bio:  Minor, Wendell Wendell Minor is the celebrated illustrator of more than forty picture books for children. His work reflects his deep interest in American history and American landscape and his desire to bring the natural world to children. He currently lives in rural Connecticut with his wife, author Florence Friedmann Minor. Visit him at www.minorart.com.