Ladybug Nominee

Bears Are Best! by Joan Holub and Laurie Keller (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2023)

It's panda-monium in this rollicking nonfiction picture book about bears habits, habitats, and more. Perfect for the curious cub in your house! Hello! I am Brown Bear, and in this book, you'll get to learn about ME--the only bear in the forest! Hold on a minute. Polar Bear here, and I am the only bear in this book. Though I live in the Arctic, not a forest. Hey now, Spectacled Bear here, and we are bearly-scratching the surface. There are tons of great bears to learn and laugh with in this fact-filled picture book! A paw-sitively hilarious nonfiction picture book about bear classification!

About Joan Holub

Her website is at https://www.joanholub.com

About Laurie Keller 

Her website is at http://lauriekellerbooks.com

Activities & Links

• Check out this read aloud at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FanYcz714mg
• Fun Bear Craft ideas: https://abcdeelearning.com/bear-crafts-for-kids/
  
• 10 Bear Facts for Kids: https://www.greatwolf.com/blog/bear-fun-facts/
• Learn about Bear Safety from the Katahdin Woods National Park (Maine) at https://www.nps.gov/kaww/planyourvisit/bear-safety.htm
• Learn more about the 8 bear species from the International Association for Bear Research and Management at https://www.bearbiology.org/
  

Suggestions for Further Reading

• If you want more books about bears check out https://nhbookcenter.blogspot.com/2024/02/ladybug-longlist-bears.html
• Need even more bear books? Consider these past Ladybug nominees: Rubia and the Three Osos, There are No Bears in this Bakery, Polar Bear in the Snow, or Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep.
  
• If you liked how this story interacted with its own book you might also like The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (a 2019 Ladybug nominee).
• There is a bibliography at the end of this book with several more "books to get your paws on"
  

 

This is one of nine titles nominated for the 2024 Ladybug Picture Book Award.

We will be posting information about a different nominee each Friday throughout the summer and will issue a pdf voters guide featuring all the titles at Labor Day.