A Beary Good Day

A Beary Good Day is a colorful rhyming book about how bears spend a warm Spring day. The author has been visiting Yellowstone National Park for over 25 years and has spent hours observing and photographing bears in their natural habitat. The book uses her beautiful photographs and each photograph has a rhyme that describes the behavior. Children love bears, and the book will introduce them to bear behaviors and facts in a fun and colorful way, The book's text is large enough to guide young readers, and younger children will enjoy the photographs, which capture both black bears and grizzly bears having fun and enjoying the sunshine as they go about their day.

Jodi Traub is a retired mother of five and a grandmother of twelve. She has a B.S. in Geology and worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency for twenty-eight years, the last twelve years as Director of the Water Division for Region V. Jodi loves nature, mountains, lakes, fishing, photography, and all of God's creatures. She and her husband, Rich, spend several weeks every year in Yellowstone National Park or Jasper National Park observing and photographing animals in their natural habitat. Jodi's observations and photographs became the inspiration for her children's books. During the winter Jodi paints, sews, and makes holiday decor which she sells at craft shows to support local charities. Jodi and her husband live in Yorkville, Illinois.