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• Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal 2016 (UK)

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9781913074289

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With huge, richly detailed pictures (who knew watercolors could make so many different kinds of brown?) and a lucid and near-poetic text, Morris describes the lives and habitats of eight kinds of bear. . . . She packs an amazing amount of information about bears into the text, and that is supplemented by notes on each animal and a handful of websites listed in the backmatter. . . . It is lovely to see natural history and a sense of eco-awareness combined with many children's most beloved plaything. --Kirkus Reviews Children who love bears should relish the realistic, lush watercolors in this close-up glimpse of eight different ursines--the moon bear, sun bear, sloth bear, brown bear, spectacled bear, American black bear, giant panda, and polar bear--featured on full spreads accompanied by brief narratives that provide facts about hunting range, habitats, coloration, foods, even predators. The informational passages are clear, straightforward, and easy for children to understand. --School Library Journal Supple paintings depict the bears in their natural environments, and the accompanying descriptions are equally lush: Through the forest, hunting termites and the honey hives of bees, where the mangoes and the fruit trees grow in plenty, walks the shaggy-coated Sloth Bear. Morris's watercolors beautifully render the subtleties of color and light in the bears' fur. A cozy conclusion and a glossary round out this educational and handsome offering. --Publishers Weekly

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Jackie Morris is a best-selling author and illustrator, photographer and painter. She lives in a small house beside the sea in Wales. Her many books include Tell me a Dragon, The Snow Leopard, The Seal Children and How the Whale Became, written by Ted Hughes. She has a lively presence on social media and progress of her work can be followed on her blog, www.jackiemorris.co.uk. Jackie won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 2019 for The Lost Words (with Robert Macfarlane). Her most recent book for the Otter-Barry list is Mrs Noah's Song (2022), illustrated by James Mayhew.

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