We’re delighted to feature R. Gregory Christie’s “Polar Connection” on our 2014 holiday card. Christie has been working as an illustrator for over 20 years, and has collaborated with clients like The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times… and now RIF! He is a two time recipient of New York Times’ 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year Award, and a three time winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award in Illustration, among others. Two of Christie’s beautiful books, It Jes’ Happened by Don Tate and Philip Reid Saves the Statue of Freedom by Steven Sellers Lapham and Eugene Walton, have been featured in our 2013 Multicultural Book Collection.

Well, Greg’s holiday polar bear art reading got us thinking: let’s read about polar bears! Here are some of our favorites:

	Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson, Stephen Savage (illustrator) – Simple, near-monochromatic linocut illustrations set the stage for a polar bear’s adventure after waking up to a starlit world of ice and sea.
	Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson, Steven Savage (illustrator) – In the sequel to “Polar Bear Night,” we join the polar bear as she starts her day and makes her first friend.
	Immi’s Gift by Karin Littlewood – Immi’s having a cold, lonely winter until she finds a tiny red bird and other magical charms while fishing. When her adorned igloo draws visitors from across the icy expanse, she decides to send out some magic of her own.
	Kali’s Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis, John Gomes (photographer) – Follow the true story of polar bear cub Kali, from his rescue in an Inupiat village to his new home at the Brooklyn Zoo.
	Can I Come Too? by Brian Patten and Nicola Bayley  – A tiny mouse goes in search of the biggest creature in the world, and other animals become curious, too. Is it a kingfisher? A polar bear? Or something else?

 

posted by Ameesha Sampat

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