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  Bears! Bears! Bears!

  By Bob Barner

  To Alice Brewster, Barbara Bender, and their kindergartners.

  Table of Contents

  Dedication

  Bears! Bears! Bears!

  About the Author

  Also by Bob Barner and available from Chronicle Books

  Copyright

  Bears! Bears! Bears!

  I want to see a world of bears.

  Polar bears dive for an icy seal.

  Sun bears lick up a sticky meal.

  Giant pandas munch bamboo with a snap.

  Spectacled bears cuddle up for a nap.

  Grizzly bears fish with giant claws.

  Sloth bears hug mama with furry paws.

  Moon bears climb tall trees with a leap.

  Black bears doze in snowy winter sleep.

  Bears! Bears! Bears!

  I want to see diving, licking,

  munching, cuddling, fishing,

  hugging, climbing, dozing bears.

  * * *

  Baby Bears!

  SUN BEAR

  Cubs stay with their mother until adulthood.

  SPECTACLED BEAR

  Babies’ eyes stay closed for the first month.

  GRIZZLY BEAR

  Cubs grow up to be 9 feet tall and 1,000 pounds.

  BLACK BEAR

  Cubs can’t walk until they are four to five weeks old.

  MOON BEAR

  Cubs stay with their mother for two to three years.

  GIANT PANDA BEAR

  Cubs are born the size of a stick of butter.

  SLOTH BEAR

  Born in a den, cubs won’t come outside for several months.

  POLAR BEAR

  At birth, cubs weigh about 1 pound.

  Bears of the World!

  Polar bears

  live around the Arctic Circle from Canada to Russia.

  Sun bears

  live in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

  Giant pandas

  live in a small area of central China.

  Spectacled bears

  are the only bear species that is native to South America.

  Grizzly bears

  a type of brown bear, live in Canada and Alaska. Other brown bears live in Europe and Asia.

  Sloth bears

  live in the grasslands and forests of southern Asia, including India and Nepal.

  Black bears

  live in the mountains and woodlands of North America.

  Moon bears

  (Asiatic black bears) are spread across Asia from Pakistan to Japan.

  About the Author

  When Bob Barner is not working on books, he likes to present his work to schools and libraries around the world. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Cathie. Learn more at www.bobbarner.com.

  Also by Bob Barner and available from Chronicle Books:

  Penguins! Penguins! Everywhere!

  “Effervescent.” —School Library Journal

  Stars! Stars! Stars!

  “A poetic ode to the night sky.” —Publishers Weekly

  Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

  “Budding entomologists will fly to this book like bees to honey.” —School Library Journal

  Copyright

  Copyright © 2010 by Bob Barner.

  eISBN 978-1-4521-0406-5

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

  Book design by Amy E. Achaibou. The illustrations in this book were rendered in collage.

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