Fat Bear Week

Vote for your favorite one as Fat Bear Week returns to Katmai National Park and Preserve October 2-8, 2024. Choose the bear that you think has what it takes to survive the winter and experience the crowning of the champion on October 8 at https://explore.org/fat-bear-week.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Fat Bear Week, we’ve created a list of books about bears! So read and learn about why it’s important for bears to gain weight before winter and then use that knowledge to vote on the biggest bear for Fat Bear Week.

Adult

BEARS: A BRIEF HISTORY by Bernd Brunner (DB 69521)
EIGHT BEARS: MYTHIC PAST AND IMPERILED FUTURE by Gloria Dickie (DB 119616)
MONARCH OF DEADMAN BAY: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A KODIAK BEAR by Roger A. Caras (DB 59487, BR 01168)
WHAT THE BEARS KNOW by Steve Searles (LB 0000124)

Juvenile

BEARMAN: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BLACK BEARS by Laurence Pringle (BR 08735) Grades 4-7
BEARS by Ian Stirling (DB 36826) Grades 3-6
GROWL!: A BOOK ABOUT BEARS by Melvin Berger (BT 03537) Grades 2-4
MOON OF THE BEARS: THE THIRTEEN MOONS by Jean Craighead George (DB 38469, BR 09636) Grades 3-6
TWO ORPHAN CUBS by Barbara Brenner (DB 33711) Grades Kindergarten-3