The Legend Of The Lonesome Bear

Bear wakes up to find his girl Clara missing, so with the help of a lost stuffed rabbit and a cat, he goes looking for her.

Take-Twos(tm) feature paired fiction and nonfiction titles on selected topics. These matched books provide readers with an opportunity to compare and contrast, distinguish between fact and fiction, and make transitions between fact and fiction strategies. Students will find Take-Twos(tm) have high-interest topics including animals, sports, science, art and more. Each pair of books also has an 8-panel guided reading lesson plan on cardstock. These lessons were carefully crafted to provide the support students and teachers need during small-group instruction. These include activities for before, during and after the reading, a skills bank and 3 blackline masters. These Lesson Plans (8-panel) are available in topic sets with the two related 6-packs or as part of a guided reading kit, and in leveled sets.

LoneStar Bear and the Royal Canadian Mounted Bears are out to get to the bottom of a mysterious ghost town.

It started with a mother's love... Fleeing from a forest fire, a mother bear urges her two cubs into the watery shelter of a vast body of water. Though it will be difficult, she knows if they can swim across to the opposite shore, they will be safe. With calls of encouragement and steadfast love, Mother Bear guides her cubs across the great lake, Lake Michigan. And the story of what happens once Mother Bear reaches the far shore becomes the legend behind the natural wonder known as Sleeping Bear Dune. In 1998 writer Kathy-jo Wargin and nature artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen combined their talents to bring The Legend of Sleeping Bear to life. Published to wide acclaim, the book was soon named the Official Children's Book of Michigan.