Let's get ready to Grrrr-umble! Who will win the ultimate title of fattest brown bear in this battle of animal versus nature? Join Goldie Fox and Moose McMahon as they report live on the scene in
Big Fat Bear Battle. It's Fat Bear Week again in Katmai National Park, Alaska, and the whole forest is PLUMPed and ready to see which gorged grizzly is burly enough to take home the coveted Fat Bear Week prize.
What's Fat Bear Week, you ask? The
New York Times says it best: "Ten years in, Fat Bear Week has drawn millions of viewers to a live webcam in Alaska to follow along and vote for the chonkiest brown bear at Katmai National Park." This year's cast of chunky challengers include Granny Grizz, Straw Beary, Hank the Tank (or is it Hank the Stank?), Miss Sowbrina, and Baby Bear, who's mysteriously nowhere to be found. But when last year's defending champion, Bruiser Bruin, decides to take matters into his own claws, the competition quickly goes from FUR-nomenal to FUR-ocious.
Who can simmer this smackdown before this year's Fat Bear Week contest turns into a complete GRIZZ-aster? This energetic picture book pits bears versus bears in the ultimate story of survival--kids and adults alike will be giggling at its punny humor, while also providing the STEM elements that educators and librarians.
