Polar Bear Math: Learning About Fractions from Klondike and Snow

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DIVDIVChildren learn about fractions with the Denver Zoo’s baby polar bears, Klondike and Snow./DIV/DIVDIVDIVEarly one morning at the Denver Zoo, a polar bear gives birth to two tiny babies, then abandons them. The zoo staff must raise the babies, but there are many things they don’t know. What foods are best? How much should the cubs eat? Once they figure out the answers, the cubs quickly become healthy, happy young bears. Young readers follow Klondike and Snow as they grow from fragile newborns to large, lively bears, and along the way they’ll learn about fractions./DIV/DIVDIVDIV“This thoroughly enjoyable offering has many worthwhile features, and teachers and children alike can make good use of it.”I—/IISchool Library Journal/IBRI /IBR“Though teachers may find ways to relate the math concepts to the curriculum, it’s the narrative and appealing color photos that will hold children.”I—/IIBooklist/IBRI /IBR“ A] charming account of two abandoned polar bear cubs.”I—/IIKirkus Reviews/I/DIV/DIVDIVDIVDIVAnn Whitehead Nagda is the author of ITiger Math, Chimp Math, Polar Bear Math,/I andIPanda Math,/Ias well as several other books about wildlife. Her love of wild animals grew during her visits to national parks and wildlife reserves in Asia and Africa, and today she is a docent at the Denver Zoo. Her newest book, ICheetah Math: Learning About Division from Baby Cheetahs/I, was released in Fall 2007 by Henry Holt. Ms. Nagda lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband./DIVBRDIVCindy Bickel has worked at the Denver Zoo for more than thirty years. During her career, she has hand-raised hundreds of babies for the zoo, using math every day in her job as a veterinary assistant. Ms. Bickel helped writeIChimp Math, Tiger Math/I, andIKlondike and Snow: The Denver Zoo’s Remarkable Story of Raising Two Polar@ë…¸Qì ¾Û€

 

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