What do you think?
Mom and me
Following the baby polar bear as she explores the mysterious world around her, this colourful picture book tells the story of her playful adventures under the watchful eye of her mother.'
Paperback
First published August 20, 1998
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
April 21, 2023
Super cute book
September 17, 2014
I love Miela Ford's photograph stories featuring animals -- so sad they're no longer in print and are "collectably" priced thru Amazon. Luckily our library still has this story which was perfect for our SeptemBEAR story time about REAL Bears.
I use the "dialogic reading" technique a lot -- asking questions and otherwise inviting the children to be involved with the story. Dialogic reading can help children practice "NARRATIVE SKILLS" which is one of the six important "Early Literacy Skills". To learn more about this visit the following links in another tab:
http://library.loudoun.gov/Default.as...
http://www.northbrook.info/kids/early...
http://www.sjpl.org/blog/early-litera...
http://www.suffolk.lib.va.us/kids-tee...
http://www.haileypubliclibrary.org/no...
http://libraries.idaho.gov/files/LitC...
Page one (showing a sleeping mother bear and a baby bear who is obviously awake) The text is "I'm awake". What I say is, "I see a mama bear and a baby bear. Is the mama bear awake?" NO "Is the baby bear awake?" YES
Further into the book the baby bear wants to play games like "Roly-poly" and "poly-roly". I've found it very engaging for the children to use large motor movements with stories, so I rest the book against me and roll my arms, saying "let's roll our arms" -- forward for "roly-poly" and backward for "poly-roly".
When baby bear played "In and out" we held our hands up to our face "peek-a-boo" fashion. Closed was "in" and open was "out".
Very fun.
I use the "dialogic reading" technique a lot -- asking questions and otherwise inviting the children to be involved with the story. Dialogic reading can help children practice "NARRATIVE SKILLS" which is one of the six important "Early Literacy Skills". To learn more about this visit the following links in another tab:
http://library.loudoun.gov/Default.as...
http://www.northbrook.info/kids/early...
http://www.sjpl.org/blog/early-litera...
http://www.suffolk.lib.va.us/kids-tee...
http://www.haileypubliclibrary.org/no...
http://libraries.idaho.gov/files/LitC...
Page one (showing a sleeping mother bear and a baby bear who is obviously awake) The text is "I'm awake". What I say is, "I see a mama bear and a baby bear. Is the mama bear awake?" NO "Is the baby bear awake?" YES
Further into the book the baby bear wants to play games like "Roly-poly" and "poly-roly". I've found it very engaging for the children to use large motor movements with stories, so I rest the book against me and roll my arms, saying "let's roll our arms" -- forward for "roly-poly" and backward for "poly-roly".
When baby bear played "In and out" we held our hands up to our face "peek-a-boo" fashion. Closed was "in" and open was "out".
Very fun.
February 15, 2010
Eva loves this book and the other polar bear books by Miela. The pictures are of the polar bear at our zoo- so cool!
September 25, 2014
Simple sentences accompanying photographs of a mother polar bear and her cub interacting. Pk-1st grade reading level depending upon child.
May 19, 2016
Basic, easy-to-read text and a super cute polar bear cub with his mama.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews