Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated The World
From the bestselling author of Owen & Mzee, a picture book about Knut, the adorable polar bear cub who's captured hearts around the world.When Knut was born, the first polar bear cub at the Berlin Zoo in more than thirty years, he was no bigger than a snowball and unable to care for himself. His...
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From the bestselling author of Owen & Mzee, a picture book about Knut, the adorable polar bear cub who's captured hearts around the world.When Knut was born, the first polar bear cub at the Berlin Zoo in more than thirty years, he was no bigger than a snowball and unable to care for himself. His mother, a rescued East German circus bear, didn't know how to take care of Knut and rejected him. Knut would have died if it weren't for Thomas Dorflein, a zookeeper who nurtured Knut, feeding him, sleeping with him, and giving him the love and attention Knut needed to thrive. But Thomas wasn't the only one who adopted Knut. The adorable little polar bear captured the world's attention, and now Knut is loved around the globe.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545047166 (0545047161)
Publish date: November 1st 2007
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
My feelings about this book and the subject are complicated. The book, as a stand alone, is super sweet and warm and fuzzy. The photos and story are UNBELIEVABLY cute! But if one does (as the books suggests) any further research you will discover that Knut passed away in 2011 at the age of five - a ...
Cuter than all cuteness. Capable of bringing down the entire grid of cuteness.