I’ve been working with Scholastic for over a year and a half, and it’s an honor to work with a company who’s primary goal is to get children reading. My son has enough books to open a small library. Books are something we’ll never tire of. We could read the same book over and over, and get something new and different out of it each time. Sometimes we will in fact read the same book over and over again (especially at nap and night times). But then there are times when a new book stands out…Like the one we received from Scholastic last week.
My Little Polar Bear, by Claudia Rueda, is a delightful winter story about a baby polar bear who lacks confidence in his ability to survive as a polar bear. The book starts off by asking a question…”Am I a polar bear?” His mother proceeds to reassure her baby cub that he is indeed a polar bear and has all of the necessary skills to survive. The book’s resonating theme is about a parent’s bond with his/her child. All along I assumed the book referred to a mother. But there is never any specific gender mentioned (for the polar bear or the cub). I think the author intentionally left it open in that way.
I really like how the polar bear is right there for the cub. The polar bear already has confidence that the cub will survive…and the polar bear has every intention of helping the cub through the process until he/she is independent. The book at first glance is simple…the words are simple…the pictures (blues and white) are simple… But the meaning is profound.
My Little Polar Bear is available on the Scholastic website.
I did not receive compensation for this post. I did receive the book as a gift and decided to write about it because we enjoyed it so much.
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My daughter in K, checked this book out a few weeks before Christmas break! We loved it!