Little Polar Bear and the Whales.

Little Polar Bear and the Whales. Little Polar Bear and the Whales Hans de Beer North-South Books Inc. PMB 248, 455 Sam Ridley Parkway West, Smyrna, TN 37167 9780735822092, $16.95 www.northsouth.com Little Polar Bear and the Whales is an upbeat children'spicturebook about young polar bear who befriends a pod of beluga whalesand Moby, a giant sperm whale. When the whales are threatened by awhaling ship, Lars finds a small bay for them to hide--but when springmakes the ice melt, floating ice chunks trap the whales! It's up toLars to think of an ingenious solution to save his friends and win theday in this charming arctic story.