Bears: Monarch's of the Northern Wilderness, by Wayne Lynch, is the best all-around natural history on bears; Van Tighem's book isn't quite as rich in natural history, but includes more practical information on safety in bear country, and environmental issues affecting bears. With spring black bear hunting a contentious issue in various parts of North America, so called "experts" writing for hook and bullet magazines have reassured readers that you don't have to worry about accidentally mistaking females for males, because cubs rarely leave their mother's side. Wrong. Van Tighem notes that a study near Canada's Riding Mountain National Park found that "when female black bears investigate bait stations, they usually leave their cubs behind."

This book is filled with well-documented facts about bears. It's well-written, too. It doesn't read like a boring scientific paper. Van Tighem touches on a lot of politically sensitive issues affecting bears but doesn't have a shrill voice at all; instead, he let's the facts speak for themselves. Excellent book.

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If your child wants to take his interest in bears beyond that of the ubiquitous Pooh here is the ideal book.

This is a very classy and stylish publication. It gives us a portrayal of the lives of bears in the wild. It takes us into the real world, well beyond the saccharine confines inhabited by the average Teddy B.

All "First Discovery" series of children's books have transparent pages as their key feature. Every page is a treat. We see mother bear in her den, and when you turn the page you see her view of the wintry world outside. We see the polar bear with his nose down a hole in the ice. Turn the page and you can see him catching a seal.

Everybody loves Panda's. In this book you'll see mother Panda on one page, and when you turn the clear overlay, there is the cub suckling from mom. This is a gentle way for children to pick up some facts of life.

Hopefully this book will still be back in print. It certainly deserves to find a wider audience.

Well, what can I say. As a novice in relation to finance this book was indispensible in giving me tips that has turned a $2000 investment in March this year into over $6000. This man is a genius.

I have read this book for the 5th time since I was about 8 years old. I am 36 and it has never lost its' grip on me. Leslie's first hand account of communing with bears in British Columbia's remote, yet not remote enough, North Woods is truly unforgettable. How this book became out of print, and never a movie or documentary defies explanation. Leslie's descriptive language and compelling narrative is a tribute to nature writers everywhere. Readers who like Farley Mowat and Robert Redford would like this book. I plan on passing this on to my 2 year old son as my mother passed it on to me whaen old enough to comprehend. Long live the bear!

Unlike many children's books, this book has a wonderful story. It reads wells, the illustrations are good, and it leaves you with a warm feeling for bears. A very good book!

this is a good book and i recamend it. if you you like dolphin in the deep or any animal ark book you should enjoy this one.

The Bears of Paris is a modern match for Dante's _Inferno_. The poems in this collection give us today's Man-in-the-city in the character of Fatslug dodging the slings and arrows of our fates, often pierced and wounded. Yet the poems reaffirm our essential humanity, the struggle to love and to be loved. While thoroughly rooted in our times, the poems also connect us with events from history, revealing the nature of suffering. Moore takes on the subject of evil and Man's inhumanity to man with Swiftian wit. Miles Moore has a deadly satiric eye for human failings, the interactions of daily life, intended and unintentional cruelties, and yet writes with much empathy of the consequent pain inflicted on the victims. Many of the poems such as "Two Men", "I love Barbie Taylor, T. Mc" and "Dead Boy in the Road at Fredericksburg" deserve to be included in anthologies of the best American poetry. "Dead Boy.." ends with this panoramic fade on the photograph from the Civil War: "Through the millenia the murdered march/ To someone else's tune and memory/ And through some other guy's triumphal arch./ You and they are no one. You're history./ Repeating rifles always bear repeating./ The silent beast that ate you keeps on eating."

This is a fascinating and satisfying collection with poetry that gives us much to ponder.

Bears Of The World doubles as a coffee table addition and as a generalist's natural history of bears, describing the history, behavior, and habitats of all the world species of bear from the panda to the sloth. More than a eye-catching set of photo, Bear conservation and natural history are thoroughly covered in the process.

Barbara Smith edits Bear's Paw, which uses the theme of a quilting contest to explore innovations in design and color which participants presented. The Bear's Paw block is displayed to maximum potential in this fine book blending color photos of completed projects with instructions quilters can easily duplicate.

This was a great story of how a personal tragedy birthed a hobby that is now a ministry!! Very touching loss but the author is an example to us all of perseverance and strength of character. Plus, this book is an excellent idea book for making stuffed bears of all kinds!!

Thank you Ruby!!