Panda and Polar Bear

Author: Matthew J Baek

Illustrator: Matthew J Baek

Title: Panda and Polar Bear

Genre: Children’s picture book

Sub genre: bears, friendship

Theme: fiction

Primary and secondary characters: Panda bear, Polar bear

Date: 2009

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Publisher Company: The Penguin Group

Brief summary on how to use for students:  This book can be used in order to show diversity of friendships. Everyone can be different and similar in the same way.

Summary: Panda and Polar bear lived different lives that were separated by a very big cliff. Panda lived in a grassy area while Polar bear lived in the snow. One day Polar bear became very curious as to what was down the cliff and fell off of it. Luckily he landed in the mud at the bottom. Panda bear comes up to Polar bear and they began to play and after talking about where Polar bear was from and playing in the snow, he became homesick. With the help of the two bears, they build a very long ladder and Polar bear is able to make it home. The bears are able to still play together.