From the Canadian Annual Book Review - by Patrick Colgan:

This richly illustrated book opens with a map and chronology of artist Maureen Enns' travels in Western Canada. The flowing and candid accounts of these travels include discussions of the biology and management of bears; bears training aand relocation; the high wilderness and its wildlife; and the political, financial, and logistical frustrations of arranging filming and sketching (Grizzly Kingdom is linked with a televison documentary and a series of paintings of bears). The closing material includes a useful set of backcountry tips, a strategy for saving bear habitat, addresses of relevant conservation groups, and a bibliography.

From the Saskatoon Sun - by Tom Loran

People who have not had a lot of experience with bears seem, in general, to be petrified of them. That was the case with Maureen Enns. And her terror was magniied many times over when it came to grizzlies. But today, Enns can sit almost beside a grizzly in the wild and talk to it. What made the difference? Enns is a painter and wanted to do something about the big bears which are under threat across North America, even with very rigidly controlled hunting. To do something, she had to understand the animals, and to do that, she had to go out to them, and spend time with them. So Enns got permission to go into the backcountry of Banff National Park and use park facilities while there. The result was a greater understanding and appreciation of the silvertip, a collection of art and a book describing her fears and her experiences and including some of her art.

Grizzwold was a good book written by Syd Hoff. The story was about a huge bear named Grizzwold. He lived in the forest. The men came and cut down all the trees for paper. Grizzwold looked in the city zoo and circus. He found his home in the national park. I recommend this book because it is funny and sad. My favorite part was when Grizzwold went to the dance. The people thought he was wearing a costume. I was happy when he found a home.

This is an excellent high interest book for older children with reading problems. I used this book with my RSP students and they loved it! The pictures are spectacular. The children enjoyed learning about the different kinds of bears at a reading level they could handle.

Like poetry? Want to know more about bears? This book is a MUST. It's a big, generous collection of bear poems about every imaginable kind of bear: grizzlies, brown bears, teddy bears, chain saw bear sculptures, bears of Native American legend, etc. etc. etc. You name the bear and he or she may be found in this collection. The collection has moving poems, funny ones, spiritual ones. And in the course of reading this book, you'll learn a lot about the temperament, behavior, and habitats of these huge and wonderful creatures. GRRRRR would make a wonderful gift book as a read-aloud for poetry lovers of all ages.

A must-have if you wish to show your children the importance of manners. Even the unmannerly Grumpling can learn with the patient help of a small rabbit! The artwork is reliably wonderful, and children will love the story's involvement of animals instead of your average manners books.

This book helped me to practice my English, full of pictures and interesting story. The book tells us about Winnie the pooh and his friends, who sing poem about all the months and welcome the New Year. It is a great way to spend your time!

In this darling 21-page book, Rosie and her brother Max spent the night before Passover hunting for stray breadcrumbs with a feather and wooden spoons. Grandma dusted the shelves with the feather and Grandpa held a glowing candle and a small box for the crumbs. (They did this of course, to ensure that their house was clean of chametz, or leavened bread, before sundown opened the eight-day festival of Pessach.)

The next morning, Rosie and Max helped their Grandpa burn the box of chametz while Grandma made soup and matzoh balls for their Seder meal. This year, the matzoh balls were fluffy and light, floating in the soup.

Before sundown the family started to arrive, bringing with them wet kisses and huge hugs.

At the Seder, Rosie sat with her cousin Beni, and watched as Grandpa broke the middle matzoh, the Afikoman, in half and hid the matzoh when no one was looking. The children would have to find it for the family to have their desert after the meal.

Since Rosie was the youngest, she had to ask the Four Questions, beginning with "Why is this night different from all other nights? On all other nights we eat bread or matzoh. Why tonight, only matzoh?" Rosie needed a little help from Max, and Sara whispered a hint when Rosie forgot a word. But Rosie did such a good job singing the questions that Mama and Papa were very proud.

Everyone poured a bit of wine from their cups to mourn for the Egyptians' suffering during the Ten Plagues.

Rosie hid under the table for much of the Seder, but came out in time to eat the bitter herbs and haroset to symbolize the bricks that the Jewish people were forced to make when they were slaves. Finally, it was time for the meal.

Elijah's arrival frightened Rosie, but I won't spoil the last several pages by telling you why.

The book includes a page explaining the seven foods on the Seder plate, and the Four Questions, in large easy-to-read Hebrew (with vowels) and English.

This story, a favorite during the children's little years, was so well used the pages are taped. Alyssa A. Lappen

What a wonderful book for a child aged 5-10 to learn to draw horses! The simple uncluttered pictures even encouraged this mom to try. It is one of a series printed by Reader's Digest Kids books.

The focus of the book is to draw the basic shapes of the horse. In the corner of each page is a highlighted box that shows you the part you need to be drawing. The overall picture is on the same page and it shows you where to put it. It also shows you the horse coming together. Your child will follow the story that comes together at the end of their drawing.

I would easily recommend this book to more people but it will be hard to get--it is out of print!

My mother bought this wonderful book for my 18-month old son and it has become one of his favorites. It is a wonderfully sweet story about the love of Grandparents for a grandchild. Several of the story items fit exactly with things my son does, making it almost seem like the story is about him. This is a book I will keep forever to remind me of what he was like as a young child.

This is a wonderfully-written love story. But instead of detailed love scenes in typical romance novels, it is written respectfully about the relationship between the characters. The "love story" is also about the characters' love of Wyoming. The descriptions of the landscape are so vivid it is not hard to see it in your mind even if you've never been to Wyoming. It was hard to put this one down and well worth reading, especially for those that love wide open spaces.