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Backyard Bear

Written by Anne Rockwell

Illustrated by Megan Halsey

Walker Books for Young Readers (2006)

A bear cub ventures away from his forest home. Initially fearful of humans, he soon realizes that tasty items await him in garbage cans and backyards. A family contacts the game warden, and the bear is safely trapped and returned to the forest.

REVIEWS

“This combination of fiction and fact is most appealing.”

— School Library Journal

“The pen-and-ink and muted watercolor illustrations...complement the simplicity of the text, making the story and the conservation message it conveys accessible to very young audiences.”

— Booklist