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48 pp.
| Simon
| May, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-689-82177-8$$15.00
(4)
K-3
Ready-to-Read series.
Illustrated by
Sandra Boynton.
Bobby North, a very uncool polar bear, strives to be like his moose hero, Harry Haller. After he reaches "the heart of cool," he's confident enough to assess whether a skateboarding trick that turns into an accident is cool or not. While the narrative is a bit heavy-handed, the story offers food for thought about being cool and being foolhardy. Meanwhile, Boynton's highly recognizable pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations are the ultimate in cool.