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Welcome Home, Bear: A Book of Animal Habitats
By (Author) Il Sung Na
Random House USA Inc
Random House Books for Young Readers
1st October 2015
21st July 2015
United States
Children
Fiction
823.92
Hardback
32
Width 262mm, Height 262mm, Spine 9mm
397g
Follow Bear as he visits animal habitats around the world-and comes to appreciate his own home-in this new offering from the creator of A Book of Sleep and A Book of Babies. Follow Bear as he visits animal habitats around the world-and comes to appreciate his own home-in this new offering from the creator ofA Book of SleepandA Book of Babies. Bear is tired of waking up every morning in the same green forest, so he decides to search for a new place to live. He visits the birds in the trees, a mole underground, a camel in the hot desert sand, puffins in the cold arctic snow . . . only to realize his own home is the perfect place for him after all.Welcome Home, Bearoffers rich illustrations, bright colors, and a simple, spare text-all wrapped up in a beautiful, kid-friendly package. Readers meet animals in their habitats around the world-and return with Bear to the one place he is truly happy.
Listeners can't help but sympathize with Bear in his frustration and rejoice when he finds the place that's just where he wanted to be.
Kirkus Reviewsstarred review
Originally from South Korea, IL SUNG NA studied illustration at Kingston University in London.A Book of Sleepwas his first picture book, followed byThe Thingamabob; Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit; Hide & Seek;andA Book of Babies.To learn more about Il Sung Na and his work, please visit IlSungNa.com.