Books in series
#13
Little Polar Bear Mini Pop-Up
1993
The first book in Hans de Beer's best-selling series featuring Lars, the Little Polar Bear, is now available in a charming three-dimensional edition that will delight children meeting Lars for the first time, and enchant all his loyal fans. The full-size Little Polar A Pop-Up Book was named a Pick of the Lists by American Bookseller, which said, ""Hans de Beer has created a perfect marriage between his text and pop-ups.... The story is beautifully complemented by the simple yet imaginative pop-ups, which show the movement of the adventure and help enhance the excitement"".
#14
Lars Learns to Swim
2003
Poor Lars! When all his friends go swimming, he has to sit alone, because he doesn’t know how. But then Daddy takes him on a wild ride in the deep blue sea. Lars learns to love swimming more than anything in the world. Timid children will relate.
#15
Good Night, Lars
2004
Every parent will chuckle in recognition at the familiar nighttime scenario, and every child will feel comforted by this tale of a very restless little polar bear. It's the perfect goodnight book.
#16
Lars Saves the Day
2004
In the village where Lars lives, the animals have always had enough fish to eat and to share. But one day, the seals come up from the water with empty the sea has nothing to offer but ice floes. Lars realizes that he must do something or everyone will starve. So the little cub takes a big he goes to investigate the humans who live nearby. Filled with drama and suspense, this gripping tale also teaches children a simple lesson about ecology and living in harmony with our animal friends.
#17
Lars and His Friends
2002
Lars loves playing in the snow with Greta, Pieps, and Anna, and especially his best friend, Robby.
#18
Lars' Storybook Adventure
2004
Once upon a time a little polar bear named Lars lived with his mother and father in the land of ice and snow. He had many adventures, but none more exciting than the one told in this big storybook. Here is the full account of his friendship with Robby the Seal, of the day the fish disappeared, and of the danger all the animals faced when a huge ship with a big, black mouth nearly swallowed everyone up. Children will love this courageous cub who always knows how to save the day.
#19
Lars and Robby
2002
Everyone knows that polar bears and seals just aren’t friends—everyone, that is, except Lars
the little cub and Robby the seal. Now, the two pals have set out to teach their families a gentle lesson in friendship and tolerance.
#20
Lars Helps Out
2004
What a useful bear Lars tries to be, always willing to lend a paw or two. But, somehow, his good deeds just seem to go wrong. Lars suddenly hears, “HELP! HELP!”, and he knows he finally can
come to the rescue.
#21
Let's Play, Lars!
2004
Lars loves to play. When he visits the tropics he explores with Harry the Hippo, and at home in the Arctic he snowboards with his pals.
#22
Lars and the Lemmings
2004
Oh, no, the lemmings are full of woe! Is there anything anyone can do? No—until the lemmings meet a happy polar bear. Kids will laugh and love this sunny story.
#23
Lars's Storybook Adventure
2010
Everyone knows that polar bears and seals are supposed to be enemies—that polar bears eat seals. But Lars and Robby hatch a plan that lets all the polar bears and seals get along. Full color.
Authors
Gail Donovan
Author · 13 books
Gail Donovan was fired from her first job in an ice cream shop for making the sundaes too big. She now works in a library and writes middle grade novels, including SPARROW BEING SPARROW, as well as the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award winner FINCHOSAURUS, and IN MEMORY OF GORFMAN T FROG, named to the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing list. She has also written for the Rainbow Fish & Friends picture book series based on the bestselling work of Marcus Pfister. Donovan lives on the coast of Maine, where she jumps in the ocean all year round.
Scott Peterson
Author · 7 books
Scott Peterson got his start in comics as an editor on the Batman line of comics, working with the legendary Dennis O’Neil. He edited DC’s flagship title, Detective Comics, and launched the first of the the Adventures sub-genre of comics, The Batman Adventures. He later went on to edit for WildStorm, where he oversaw such titles as WildCats, Midnighter, A God Somewhere and North 40, as well as Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes. As a writer, he has been published by Disney, Scholastic, Golden Books, HarperCollins, and DC Comics, including a four-year run as the regular writer of The Gotham Adventures. He is the author of Batman: Kings of Fear with art legendary artist Kelley Jones, and the original graphic novel Truckus Maximus. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
Hans de Beer
Author · 26 books
Hans de Beer was born in Muiden, a small town near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He began to draw when he went to school, mostly when the lessons got too boring. In college, he studied history, but he was drawing so many pictures during the lectures that he decided to become an artist. He went on to study illustration at the Rietveld Academy of Art in Amsterdam. Hans de Beer's Little Polar Bear books enjoy great international success and have been published in eighteen languages in 27 countries.
