El osito polar y el reno

Kleine IJsbeer

by Hans de Beer, Queta Fernández (Translator)

In this new adventure featuring Lars, the Little Polar Bear, the short North Pole summer is ending. Lars watches sadly as the geese head south again. Soon after, the reindeer, too, start their winter migration. But this year, man has interfered with their journey. A high fence that goes on for miles has been erected right in their path, and piles of giant pipes litter the landscape. The herd is trapped. If they can't get through, they will perish. Once again, it's Lars to the rescue. Using his brains and the muskoxen's brawn, they are able to break through the barricade and the reindeer can continue on to their winter grazing grounds.

Fans of the Little Polar Bear books will delight in this exciting new story with its subtle reminder of man's impact on nature.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Hans de Beer was born in Muiden, a small town near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He began to draw when he went to school, mostly when the lessons got too boring. In college, he studied history, but he was drawing so many pictures during the lectures that he decided to become an artist. He went on to study illustration at the Rietveld Academy of Art in Amsterdam. Hans de Beer's Little Polar Bear books enjoy great international success and have been published in eighteen languages in 27 countries.

Reviews

[Abigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lars, the eponymous little polar bear, returns in this eighth picture-book adventure, this time befriending Oliver, a little reindeer who gets separated from his mother in a snowstorm. True to form, Lars offers to help Oliver return to his family, setting out to follow the herd on its southward journey. They are aided in their quest by Otto the muskox, and eventually do find the other reindeer. Unfortunately, their progress has been halted by a fenced-in pipeline that runs for miles...

Originally published in Switzerland as Der kleine Eisbär rettet die Rentiere (literally: "The Little Polar Bear Rescues the Reindeer"), Little Polar Bear and the Reindeer features a story-line that is in many respects quite similar to its predecessors. As always, Lars makes a new animal friend, one whom he must assist. This entry in the series differs from the previous ones, however, in that it also includes an ecological message, in the episode involving the pipeline, which Lars and company must sabotage for the good of the reindeer herd. Recommended to fans of the Little Polar Bear books.

[Melissa Namba · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story about two friends that help each other be brave and work through differences, often finding that they had some hidden talents. A fun book for kids interested in animals. But it won't be interesting for all kids.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very similar to the other Little Polar Bear books, but this one has an added environmental message about the negative effects of oil drilling and pipelines on native species in the Arctic.

[Jelka · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favourite of the series so far

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another cute story about Lars.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated and cute

[Jack Kirby and the X-man · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story of friendships developing in adversity with an apparently (according to the back of the book) subtle environmental message.

[Marjo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luin suomeksi. Myö ei tiedetty mikä eläin kannen kuvassa oli. Se selvisi, myskihärkä. Nämä Pikku jääkarhut on suloisia kirjoja.