Fraser Bear A Cub's Life

A beautifully illustrated nature story of a bear cub's life in the Pacific Northwest, from a multi-award-winning team, Fraser Bearis the exciting and moving story of a black bear cub's dangers and adventures in his first two years, uniting the intertwined cycles of bear and fish. A map, facts about bears and salmon, and a letter from the Pacific Salmon Foundation complete this true-to-life nature story for young readers. This book is based on the top-selling plush toy created by Pacific Salmon Foundation and Rocky Mountaineer Vacations.

Maggie de Vries a writer, teacher, and editor, is the award-winning author of several children's books, including How Sleep Found Tabitha, Chance and the Butterfly, and Tale of a Great White Fish, a Silver Birch Honour Book and winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize and the SPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award. Her adult nonfiction title Missing Sarah was shortlisted for a Governor General's Award and won the first annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in B.C. Literature for 2004. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Renné Benoit is an award-winning artist who has illustrated many books for children, including Lily and the Paper Man, which was nominated for the Blue Spruce Award and the Shining Willow Award and won gold as ForeWord magazine's Book of the Year. She lives in southern Ontario.