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Harcourt, 2007. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. David McPhail color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2007 Harcourt hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 3rd printing. PROBLEM: in the publishing process a drop of glue attached a small area of the back loose end page to the DJ back flap. I have removed it, but the removal is obvious on the end page. The rest of the book is clean and tight. Adorable color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: To celebrate Big Brown Bear's special day, his friend Rat has planned a lovely picnic on the riverbank. All is going swimmingly, complete with cucumber sandwiches, warm sunshine, and even a surprise gift from Rat. But when Big Brown Bear is suddenly distracted by an empty boat floating past on the river, Rat's plans for the afternoon take a watery turn. Bear forgets his birthday comes on the same day every year, but his friend Rat has not forgotten the special day. Their picnic by a… Read More

Harcourt, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. David McPhail color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2003 Harcourt hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. PROBLEM: Remainder mark bottom edges at spine. Clean & very tight. Adorable and fun color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: Bear is big, and bear is brown, and bear lives all alone. And then one day, Bear discovers he has a small, gray problem. RAT! When Big Brown Bear wakes up and sees his slipper moving across the floor, it's not magic, it's a mouse. Or rather a rat, as Rat corrects Bear. He wants to use Bear's slipper as a bed, but Bear gets the shoe back--for the moment. So begins a tug-of-war between the big brown bear and the small gray rat, vying for ownership of the shoe. A growing affection between the two (and a box of old stuff, including a single slipper) leads to a happy ending. Big Brown Bear benefits from the oversize format here, which… Read More

Bloomsbury USA, 2003. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Gillian McClure color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2003 Bloomsbury USA hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first American edition, first printing. Decorated end pages. THE DJ IS "AS NEW" due to some light edge wear top edge. Not bad at all, but there. Wonderful, sweet color illustrations by Gillian McClure. CONTENT: Bruna, a solitary child, is always cold. Nothing seems to warm her: not a log fire, not central heating, not hot water bottles, not the 18 blankets on her bed, not even Red Hot Fireball candies. One day Bruna finds a bear drowning in the river and forces herself into the icy water to save her. As she cares for the bear and befriends her, Bruna finds herself growing warmer and warmer, until she never feels cold again. Cottringer's fanciful parable is gracefully told, and McClure contributes a series of beguiling illustrations washed with watercolor… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, 2018. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Various artists color photos & maps. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 2nd printing. Wonderful color photos by various artists plus a few color maps. Well, at least we have books about Pandas left. CONTENT: Robert F. Sibert Honor Award winner. "Complementing Thimmesh's thoughtful, engagingly written text are many arrestingly adorable color photographs of pandas in training and in the wild. A timely, uplifting story." From the Sibert medal-winning author of Team Moon and the bestselling Girls Think of Everything comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists. Roughly a thousand years ago, an estimated 23,000 pandas roamed wild and free through their native China. But within the past forty years, more than fifty percent of the panda's already shrinking habitat has been destroyed by humans, leaving… Read More

Waterbrook Press, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Laura J. Bryant color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2015 Waterbrook Press hardcover (pictorial boards), NO DJ ISSUED, first edition, first printing. Sweet, colorful illustrations by Laura J. Bryant. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: Perfect for preschoolers (and their parents) who resist bedtime, naptime, and sleep routines, this charming addition to the best-selling God Gave Us series will help all little ones prepare for a peaceful night's rest. Little Cub is having so much fun building an igloo with her friends that she doesn't want to stop for bedtime! Who needs sleep when there's fun to be had? Mama patiently answers her child's questions as she puts her to bed, explaining the importance of daily rhythms of work, play, and rest. As they talk through the fears that come with nighttime-and work through Little Cub's endless stalling tactics-our favorite bear learns to realize that God gave us… Read More

Henry Holt, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Ilya Spirin color illustrations. CONDITION: Gently perused on shelf 2008 Henry Holt hardcover (pictorial boards - different from the DJ cover - see my scans) & DJ, first edition, first printing. There are no major problems here: just perused on shelf. Wonderful, endearing color illustrations by Ilya Spirin. Although I've never met one, I love Polar Bears. Also, there is a discussion page on climate control - so if you don't believe in that, this may not be the book for you. CONTENT: Lush, realistic watercolor illustrations, filling each double-page spread, accompany a brief text depicting a year in the life of a female polar bear and her two cubs in the Arctic. As winter approaches, the polar bear digs a nesting den where she will give birth to her cubs, which "are born deaf, blind and almost hairless. Each weighs barely a pound." In March the family leaves the den and the cubs learn survival skills before traveling to the ocean… Read More

Old Castle Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Barbara Stone Polar Bears - in color. CONDITION: SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON LOOSE END PAGE. DUST JACKET IS MISSING! UNREAD 1994 Old Castle Publishing very large hardcover (pictorial boards), but NO DJ and it should have none. Why oh why, dear publishers, do the smallest hands get the largest books? Oh well. Wonderful color illustrations of Polar Bears by Barbara Stone. CONTENT: In the Company of Bears; where you're always treated special and you never have to pretend because you are only seen and loved for just who you are." ?In this whimsical tale, wise and wonderful polar bears have discovered the secret of time, seeing all things exactly and precisely as they are: "To a BEAR, a kettle's a kettle. To a BEAR, a pot is a pot. Bears never call anything something that anything is not." The bears remind us of the beauty of simplicity and unhurriedness, and warn us that to reach any place worthwhile: 'You can't go by clock or by… Read More

Beach Lane Books, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Jeanette Winter color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "As NEW?" - pale "wrinkle" top DJ edge and remainder mark bottom edges at spine. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Beach Lane Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Adorable color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: Experience Arctic chills and warm hugs in this nonfiction picture book about a loving polar bear family from acclaimed author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. At the top of the world, Nanuk the ice bear hunts for food, meets a mate, and hibernates through the winter with her newborn cubs. When spring arrives, Nanuk teaches her beloved cubs how to hunt and swim and survive in the arctic. This new picture book by acclaimed author-illustrator Jeanette Winter is a stunning portrait of a loving polar bear family with a subtle environmental message. "The story of a femalepolar bear provides an… Read More

Madison Press/Little, Brown, 2002. 1st American Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Laurie McGaw color illustrations; B&W era photos. CONDITION: NEW 2002 (the dates are 1994 and 2002) Madison Press for Little, Brown large paperback, second printing. The artwork by Laurie McGaw is superb. Also illustrated by B&W era photos - some of the Titanic. Subtitled also as "The True Story of the Toy Bear Who survived the Titanic." CONTENT: Written for her son by an American heiress whose family survived the 1912 sinking of the "Titanic", this account of the Edwardian life and of the disaster is told through the eyes of the young boy's teddy bear. Illustrated with watercolors and family photographs, this book makes an ideal read-aloud. Daisy Corning Stone Spedden penned the manuscript for Polar, The Titanic Bear for her son, Douglas, after the family survived the Titanic disaster in 1912. The original booklet was found, among other items, by Leighton H. Coleman III, a distant relation of the… Read More

Harper, 2009. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Wayne McLoughlin cover art/B&W decorations/2-page B&W map of journey. CONDITION: AS NEW, UNREAD, 2009 Harper hardcover (tan boards) & dust jacket, first edition, second printing. WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK "AS NEW?" Black remainder mark bottom edges. Dust jacket art by Wayne McLoughlin with B&W decorations top each chapter. Embossed title front DJ panel. 2-page B&W map of bear's journey. CONTENT: The third book in a thrilling animal fantasy series following the epic journey of three bears, from the #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors. United at last, polar bears Kallik and Taqqiq, black bear Lusa, grizzly bear Toklo, and Ujurak, the mysterious shape-shifting bear, learn of a place they think must be the destination of their quest: the Last Great Wilderness. But getting there means crossing the burning Smoke Mountains, which hold obstacles more treacherous than anything they've faced so… Read More

Harper, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Wayne McLoughlin cover art/B&W decorations/2-page B&W map of journey. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Harper hardcover (lavender boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Wayne McLoughlin with B&W decorations top each chapter. Embossed title front DJ panel. 2-page B&W map of bear's journey. CONTENT: On the unforgiving Arctic ice, united once again, Toklo, Lusa, Kallik, and Ujurak continue across the ice. Conditions are harsh and especially treacherous for the black bear and grizzly bears who are not used to the brutal cold, never-ending snow, and limited food. But the bears are certain now that they're on the right course, and with the stars still guiding them, they push forward. When they reach land at last, the group is overjoyed, but something is not right. The bears who live here are ill. What's wrong with them? What can the foursome do to help? Is aiding these strangers the… Read More

Parragon, 2016. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. New/New. Julie Clay color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Parragon hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (title in purple foil), first edition (actually, IMHO, first thus), no printing given. Adorable color illustrations of Mama Bear/Baby Bear by Julie Clay. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: There was a BIG sleepy bear and a little sleepy bear. Go through the bedtime motions with the sleepy bears in this sweet story from the hidden treasures of Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Yawn, stretch, sing . . . Sleep tight!