Finding Bear by Hannah Gold. Illustrated by Levi Pinfold (Harper Collins)
I think that it was Kentishbookboy who first recommended Hannah Gold's books to me and while I'm not sure if he has grown out of them now I was very excited to see that April was back and off on another adventure with Bear in Svalbard.
This time April manages to convince her dad to be part of the adventure from the beginning as they return to Bear Island to make sure 'her' bear is safe after reports that a polar bear has been shot and injured.
Even with parental approval the book is full of adventure, peril, excitement and a bear cub... While you have to suspend a little belief for the story to work it is a magical read from start to finish and like the best books gets its message across without being at all didactic.
Pinfold's illustrations make this book even more special and I really hope that Gold's books become modern classics - and not because polar bears have become extinct and this is the only way to find out more about them.
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