Love this book! It talks about a polar bear who falls in love in another polar bear and they end up having little polar bear babies. It explains that the daddy polar bear dies and they baby polar bears go their own way and momma bear will be alone again. Momma bear talks about how the ice is melting and it makes her sad. We should remember that Global Warming is a thing and to take care of our wildlife.

Nanuk the Ice Bear lived in the wintry world of the arctic, hunting on the frozen ice and in the chilly waters. When she met another polar bear, the two began a dance of courtship that ended with two new bear cubs coming into the world. Nanuk taught her cubs all the skills they would need to survive, from hunting to swimming. But one thing she couldn't teach them was what to do about the shrinking ice and the rising sea. She could only dream of snow, and of living in her quiet world of white ice and freezing cold...

The newest offering from children's author/artist Jeanette Winter, whose many outstanding picture-books include such titles as Wangari's Trees of Peace and The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps, Nanuk the Ice Bear pairs a simple story - one sentence per page - with lovely artwork in purple and blue shades that perfectly capture the chilly world being depicted. The theme of climate change is worked into the text, which focuses primarily on Nanuk herself, and conveys its ecological message with little overt fanfare. Although not as strong a book as some of Winter's others - I am particularly fond of some of her picture-book biographies - this is still an engaging tale, one which will draw young children's attention to an important issue, and lead them to consider the impact of climate change on the creatures of the wild. ( )