Grunbaum, Mara
Summary: "Did you know that black bears are the most common bears on Earthbut that some black bears actually have white fur? Be surprised and awed by every page of this captivating book! Features include stunning photography; a fact file which breaks down vital data points in an easy-to-follow and understand format; fast facts; a family tree to show the evolution of and how this animal fits into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.78 GRUChandler, Matt
Summary: Quincy is on his first black bear hunting trip in Maine, when he breaks his leg and has to depend on his friends to recover the bear he shot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CHAFurtman, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthWord Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.785 FURMacken, JoAnn Early
Summary: Learn about black bears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weekly Reader Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.785 MACSmith, Richard P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith Publications 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.744 SMICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 599.74 SMIJones, Donald M. (Donald Mark)
Summary: Rhyming text introduces activities black bear cubs do. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farcountry Press 2012
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Jones 2012Terp, Gail
Summary: Diagrams, graphs, and other infographics give readers visual literacy practice while also digging into the black bears' appearances, daily lives, and homes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017
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Summary: In pursuit of a strange butterfly for her science assignment, Kelly gets lost in the woods, and with only a mason jar, a butterfly net, and a small lunch, she must figure out which direction will lead her back to the cabin and her friends--and somehow elude the black bear who has taken a disturbing interest in her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TRORoss, Judy Thompson
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, behaviors and habitats of loons and black bears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591Guiberson, Brenda Z.
Summary: Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, are becoming increasingly rare in the wild. They have distinctive blazes on their chests that resemble the crescent moon. Follow one moon bear in the wild as she eats, plays, hibernates, and wakes up again in the spring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GUIRussell, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Key Porter Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.78 RUSHodge, Deborah.
Summary: A look at three North American bears- grizzly bears, polar bears and black bears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.78 HODDeBruyn, Terry D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.785 DEBSkurzynski, Gloria.
Summary: While their mother investigates a series of bear attacks in and near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Jack and Ashley learn about country music and Cherokee people from two new friends, one of whom is keeping a secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SKULewis, Gill.
Summary: In Laos, twelve-year-old Tam must work at a bear farm where bears are cruelly caged and milked for their bile, but when a familiar cub is brought to the farm, Tam will do anything to free both the cub, and himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWWadsworth, Ginger
Summary: A mother bear raises two newborn cubs as they learn, grow, and face dangerous situations over the course of a year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yosemite Conservancy 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Wadsworth 2016Becklund, Jack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.785 BECYoung, David E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Oak Books 1992
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature YoungSmith, Richard P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith Publications 1995
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature SmithWalker, Sally M
Summary: "When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his company's home town, and he brought her along to the military camp in England. Winnie followed Harry everywhere and slept under his cot every night. Before long, she became...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WINAnderson, Tom
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyager Press 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599.74446 ANDDaly, Timothy M.
Summary: "While several distinct bear species live throughout the world, the most common and well known is the black bear. Readers will find out what sets these powerful mammals apart from their relatives, from what they eat and where they live to how they interact socially and how they raise their young. They will also learn about the complicated relationship between black bears and humans"--Provided...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.785 DALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.785 DALMacken, JoAnn Early
Summary: A brief description of cubs, dens, and hibernating through the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weekly Reader Early Learning 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.78 MACWilson, Robert Charles
Summary: When, in Michigan's Crooked Tree State Forest, bears suddenly attack man with gruesome ferocity, the Ottawa Indians begin speaking of a malevolent intelligence controlling the bears and Axel Michelson tries to save his life and his Indian wife's soul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2005