Ice Bear and Little Fox Book

When Ice Bear spends his first year away from his mother and hunts for food on his own, an Arctic fox tags along in order to feed on the polar bear's leftovers. After many months of this arrangement, Little Fox is able to repay his huge companion by barking a warning to him that killer whales, one of the bear's few predators, are moving toward him. The story ends with winter approaching and Ice Bear now being followed by two companions, Little Fox and his mate. As in London and San Souci's Red Wolf Country, the watercolor paintings meld well with the low-key narrative. The illustrations crackle with various shades of blue and white, capturing the vast coldness of the environment. A handful of Inuit terms and other words that relate to the region appear in the text and are explained in the glossary. An afterword provides factual information about polar bears and Arctic foxes. This book will be especially appreciated in libraries where Joanne Ryder's White Bear, Ice Bear is popular.Read More