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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2013 | Preschool to Grades 4
PreS-K—Cub's world has been small and white, with just her mother in an icy cave. One day, it is time to leave the cave, and the outside sights and sensations are thrilling. Cub slides "down, down, down" a slippery hill, "fast, fast, fast! The world was fun!" until she cannot find her mother. She looks for Mom's black nose among the stark white, but is fooled several times by other wildlife (ca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2013
A polar bear cub’s first venture outside the womblike cave she shares with her mother introduces her to a dazzling arctic landscape. Cub wonders at colors she’s never seen (“‘Blue,’ said Mom. ‘Blue,’ whispered Cub”), new geography, and the sheer expanse of the world (it is “big, BIG, BIG!”). When a tumble down a hill (“Fast, fast, fast! The world was fun!”) separates parent and child, Cub must use what she knows (“Mom’s nose was b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
A polar bear cub's first venture outside introduces her to a dazzling arctic landscape. Cub wonders at colors she's never se...Log In or Sign Up to Read More