Knut, The Little Polar Baer
On December 5, 2006, in a quiet corner of Zoo Berlin in Germany, a little polar bear cub was born. His name was Knut, and he was no bigger than a snowball. Knut´s mother was unable to care for him, so a bear keeper at the Zoo, Thomas Dörflein, became Knut´s foster father - sleeping next to the little cub each night, feeding him from bottles, and helping him learn how to play and swim.
This is the true story of a bear cub who needed a family, and the extraordinary outpouring of love he received from Thomas, from the zoo and finally from people around the world. Featuring exclusive photographs from Zoo Berlin of Knut´s earliest days as well images from top photographers around the world, Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World is a book that will capture your heart.
When Isabella Hatkoff was six, she saw a photo of a tortoise and an orphand baby hipo who became friends, and decided she wanted to write a book about them. The result was the #1 New York Times bestseller Owen & Mzee: The Language of a Friendship, written with her father Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu. When Isabella, now eight, and her sister, Juliana Hatkoff, twelve, saw aphoto of Knut, the Hatkoffs decided to write a book about him. Isabella, Juliana, and Craig - the cofounder of Tribeca Film Festival and of Turtle Pond Publications - live in Manhatten.
Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World
Isabella Hatkoff, Juliana Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Gerald R. Uhlich, Scholastic Press, New York (November 2007)
