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Three starred reviews! ALA Notable Book NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book Find out how bears eat, drink, sleep, hunt, and more throughout the year in this award-winning nonfiction picture book from the celebrated team of April Pulley Sayre and Caldecott Honor illustrator Steve Jenkins—now featuring updated... Read More
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Eat Like a Bear

Follows a bear from the time she emerges from her den in April after four months without food, through months of eating fish, ants, and huckleberries, to midwinter when the arrival of two cubs interrupts her long winter's rest. Includes facts about brown (grizzly) bears of the Yellowstone National Park/Glacier National Park region.

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Three starred reviews!

ALA Notable Book

NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book

Find out how bears eat, drink, sleep, hunt, and more throughout the year in this award-winning nonfiction picture book from the celebrated team of April Pulley Sayre and Caldecott Honor illustrator Steve Jenkins—now featuring updated end matter with even more illuminating info about these amazing creatures.

Can you eat like a bear? Awake in April. Find food. But where?

Follow a brown bear as she paws, claws, and munches her way through the months of the year, filling up for the long winter ahead, when—while hibernating—she’ll welcome two new cubs to her cozy den. With rhythmic, lyrical words by April Pulley Sayre and newly remastered collage illustrations by Steve Jenkins, this book illuminates the fascinating lives of grizzly bears.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781665952217

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 January 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Beach Lane Books

Illustration: f-c jkt (coated; spfx: spot matte uv; gloss film)+int. ill; reflective

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 451g

Pages: 32

About the Author

April Pulley Sayre (1966–2021) was the award-winning author of more than fifty-five natural science books for children and adults, including her award-winning photo-illustrated books Being Frog, Raindrops Roll, and Best in Snow. Sayre’s books received an abundance of starred reviews, have been dubbed ALA Notable Books (Raindrops RollRah, Rah, Radishes) and won a Geisel Honor (Vulture View). Learn more at AprilSayre.com.

Steven Jenkins (1952–2021) was the illustrator of many celebrated children’s books including Can an Aardvark Bark? and Fourteen Monkeys by Melissa Stewart; Hello, Baby! by Mem Fox; Mama Built a Little Nest and Mama Dug a Little Den by Jennifer Ward; and the 2003 Caldecott Honor recipient, What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, which he created with his wife, Robin Page. Learn more about his life and work at SteveJenkinsBooks.com.

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