Grizzly Bears
Kindergarten-Grade 4--With her usual clear writing and inviting artwork, Gibbons provides a solid introduction to these impressive mammals. The mostly full-page watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations amplify the information presented in the text and provide colorful glimpses of the creatures' woodland habitat. Readers learn about where grizzlies once roamed and now live, their size and amazing speed, various physical features that enable their survival, what and how much they eat, and their seasonal habits and life cycle. The author finishes with a discussion about current efforts to protect these animals from extinction. The final page gives interesting facts about grizzlies. Additional information is provided in insets and in the captions. Simple range maps and labeled diagrams complete the package.--Sally Bates Goodroe, formerly at Harris County Public Library, Houston, TXCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.