Nanuk Flies Home - Hardcover

Holtei, Christa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802853420 ISBN 13: 9780802853424

Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2008

Synopsis

Nanuk is grumpy. Very grumpy. Polar bear grumpy
.“It's boring here!” he grumbles.
His mother Anaana nudges him with her big, black nose. “Come on, just a few more steps,” she says to cheer him up.
Nanuk runs up to some sea gulls. They rise up into the cold winter air, squawking loudly.
“I wish I could fly, too,” Nanuk grumbles.

Nanuk and his mother are far from their home. Bored and hungry, they wander to a nearby town to scrounge for food. But soon they are captured by humans. How will they ever get back to the Arctic plain?

Readers will be charmed by the loveable Nanuk, and will enjoy watching how this feisty polar bear finds a way home.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2—Nanuk, a baby polar bear, wishes he could fly like the seagulls soaring through the sky. Instead, he must walk beside his mother, searching for food. It's so scarce that they are forced to go to the human settlement. When they get into a grocery store, he can see that they've hit pay dirt. The next thing the cub knows, he is inside a cage, his mother sleeping beside him. Another bear in an adjoining cage tells Nanuk not to worry, that they were tranquilized and sent to Polar Bear Jail to wait for the sea to freeze over, and that soon they will be flown home. Nanuk is buckled into the backseat of the plane; finally, he is flying. Two pages at the end explain the plight of the polar bear in the Hudson Bay area. The gouache paintings convey the coldness and open expanse of the Canadian north. However, Nanuk and his mother are depicted as cute and cuddly cartoon characters, and the anthropomorphism weakens the message of the story. Children will be better served by nonfiction titles about polar bears.—Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0802853420
• ISBN 13: 9780802853424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 26
• Illustrator: Vohwinkel Astrid