"Charming.... Sanborn's cartooning is full of...polish and physical comedy" - Publisher's Weekly. The rollicking adventures of a polar bear who hitches a ride to Antarctica. He's never seen penguins before; to him they look like something fun to play with.
Children love to tell or write the story. Get this wordless picture book on differences, cooperation, and getting along (for beginning readers ages 2 - 6, preschool - first grade, Emergent Reader/Fountas & Pinnell: A, DRA: 1). Children cement their vocabulary as they find and name animals and describe the action on the pages (verbally or in writing). Find the sea lion/seal inside!
"Kids will delight" - Natasha Yim. A friendly snowball fight set in the poles and brought to life by illustrator Ashley Sanborn (The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga and If Cancer Was a Fish). 8"x10" snow story by award-winning author and media professor Karl Beckstrand (Why Juan Can't Sleep--see 60+ multicultural books--click Karl Beckstrand above).
#1, Stories Without Words (bedtime) series. See others this no-words series: Butterfly Blink and Gopher Golf. This children's book on friendship/sportsmanship is available in hard cover, soft cover, or e-book in 20+ languages: Bulgarian, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukranian, and Vietnamese.
The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults): 30 full-color illustrations. Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (worldwide rights (c) Nov. 2014) PremioBooks and libraries. LCCN: 2014947746, JUV002030, JUV030120, JUV019000, HUM001000, JUV010000, SPO007000, English Hard ISBN: 978-0985398835, Soft ISBN: 978-0692220962 (ebook: 978-1311262097)