| International Standard Book Number |
9781547618231
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| International Standard Book Number |
154761823X
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| Personal Name |
Barr, Catherine, 1965- author.
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| Title Statement |
A bear belongs : a wildlife rescue story / Catherine Barr ; illustrated by Harriet Hobday.
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| Varying Form of Title |
Wildlife rescue story.
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| Imprint |
2025.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
48 pages : color illustrations, map ; 31 cm.
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| General Note |
"First published in Great Britain in 2025" -- title page verso.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
A very rare bear -- Part one: stolen! -- The sun sets on a secret -- Three little bears -- Fact file: what makes a sun bear so special? -- Meet the bears -- Teh Bear care crew -- Bear check-up -- Becoming best friends -- Zip-zap! -- Fact file: forests full of life -- Part two: seeing the sky and smelling the earth -- Bear necessities -- A cub's diary -- Walking with bears -- Fact file: mysterious giants...a rainforest ecosystem -- Instincts kick in -- Countdown to freedom -- Swing high -- Into the trees -- Hidden journeys -- Saving sun bears -- The Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center.
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| Summary, Etc. |
A nonfiction picture book recounts the rescue, rehabilitation, and return to the wild of three sun bear cubs that were taken from their natural habitat in Borneo by poachers. The book follows the bears through their rescue by conservationists and eventual release into the rainforest. Additional informational pages introduce rainforest plants and animals and discuss the importance of protecting sun bears and their ecosystem.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Wildlife conservation Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Wildlife refuges Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Poaching Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Sun bear Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
wildlife refuges.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Borneo Juvenile literature.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Picture books.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Hobday, Harriet, illustrator.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Bloomsbury Children's Books, publisher.
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