The Truth About Bears

By Maxwell Eaton III,

Book cover of The Truth About Bears: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals

Book description

Did you know that polar bears smell seals through the ice and snow in order to find and eat them? Did you know that when a bear is born, it weighs less than a picture book? Did you know that bears sleep all winter and don't goto the bathroom while…

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1 author picked The Truth About Bears as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Eaton’s bear book does a nice job of blending simple nonfiction info about bears with the occasional bear joke.

For instance, within a two-page spread on bear safety, he combines fact blurbs with some silly speech bubbles. His bear characters are simply drawn and appealing, and the pages are colorful. If your young readers like this one, consider trying his other books on Hippos, Butterflies, Elephants as well!

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