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de Beer, Hans

Little Polar Bear and the Big Balloon

32 pp. | North-South | August, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-7358-1532-1 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-7358-1533-X $$16.50
(4) K-3 Translated by Rosemary Lanning. Lars, a little polar bear, helps clean the wings of his new friend, Yuri, a puffin who can't fly because he's soaked with oil. The bear explores a hot-air balloon, and soon he and Yuri are floating above the clouds. As in the other Lars books, the polar bear eventually helps his friend get home. Although the prose is energetic and the illustrations capture the snowy setting nicely, the story line isn't well developed. Concurrently published in Spanish.
Reviewer: Patricia Riley

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