<DIV>"Remarkable full-color photographs and a clear, well-developed text chronicle the first two years of two polar bears' lives. Using allusions to which children can relate, Larsen conveys the harsh artic environment. He surmises the cubs' birth, the mother's six-month confinement in the snow den, their spring emergence--and their life outside on the ice and tundra. . . . The fine translation lends itself to reading aloud".--School Library Journal.</div>