BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - NOT RECOMMENDED
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Natuk, a young girl, discovers an abandoned polar bear cub and takes him home. They sleep together and she feeds him, but he grows quickly and is soon a very large bear. When the village's store of fish is missing, Bear is suspected and Natuk must take him far away from the village, and come back alone. But when she misses him and goes out to search for him, she is caught in a terrible storm.
Ugh! No, this book. Despite the poor choice of taking a wild animal home, the little girl is allowed to walk for miles and miles with no adult in sight, plus polar bears and penguins? Also, polar bears don't tease the seals, they eat them. Cute illustrations, but disappointing book.
Lisa Librarian
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