The Great Bear Rescue: Saving the Gobi Bears
About this ebook
Gobi bears may just be the most unusual bears on the planet: they’re the only bears that live in a desert, they eat mainly plants, and they’re extremely rare.
The Gobi desert where these bears live is a harsh landscape—extremely dry year round, brutally hot in the summer, and bitterly cold in the winter. The bears also face threats ranging from illegal gold miners to climate change.
But the bears do have helpers looking out for them. Scientists are using new technologies to learn about how these bears live. And conservation groups are working to make sure the bears have access to the food and water they need to survive.
Find out more about Gobi bears, which are considered a national treasure in Mongolia, and learn how people are working together to help this critically endangered species.
"Markle clearly and efficiently introduces a bear unfamiliar to most North American readers . . . Not a story of salvation but a work in progress, ably explained."—starred, Kirkus Reviews
About the author
Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children’s Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist. More than 500 schools participate in Markle's Book Explorers program which provides free resource-packed emails and classroom activities. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.
