Ice Bear and Little Fox - Softcover

Jonathan London

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0439238625 ISBN 13: 9780439238625

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc., 2000

Synopsis

Following the critically acclaimed Red Wolf Country, Jonathan London and Daniel San Souci team up again for another action-packed nature tale. Readers can share the adventures of a young polar bear during the most danger-filled period of his life—his first year away from his mother. And almost everywhere Ice Bear goes, an alert little companion follows, keeping guard over his mammoth friend by warning him when trouble is near. In a brilliant blue palette, San Souci's watercolors exquisitely render the striking, panoramic landscapes of the northern tundra. Young readers will enjoy the unlikely friendship between creatures big and small, while adult readers can appreciate both author's and illustrator's care for authenticity of detail. A must-have tour de force for nature lovers of any age.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan London is the creator of twenty-three books about lovable and enduringly popular Froggy. He is also a poet and a novelist. Jonathan and his wife live in Graton, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

Seasoned collaborators London and San Souci (Red Wolf Country) head north in this informative account of a polar bear's first year away from his mother. Subtle watercolors conjure a chilly landscape in hues of blue and green, a fitting backdrop for the starring pair of predators?a polar bear and the arctic fox who survives on his leftovers. Generously sprinkling Inuit words into his text (a glossary is provided), London tracks the duo from season to season with lyrical observation?the fox is "white and ghostlike in the low moon"; icebergs "groan and growl and rumble like thunder." London charts the bear's hunting prowess, his summer feasts of berries and lichens on the tundra and his narrow escape from a killer whale attack. As the text deftly describes the cycles of the arctic circle, the animals and environment also spring to vivid life under San Souci's sure brush. A wide-angle vista of a tundra meadow unfurled before snowy mountains gives way to a close-up shot of the bear and his companion; readers join a seal below the water's surface, looking up toward a breathing hole in the ice. While this year-long sojourn lacks the urgency and depth of the story line in Nanuk (Children's Forecasts, Nov. 16), it is nonetheless skillfully wrought. Ages 5-9.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0439238625
• ISBN 13: 9780439238625
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Daniel San Souci