Smiling Bears

2009 book by Else Poulsen

9781553653875

Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears is a 2009 book by Canadian writer Else Poulsen, first published by Greystone Books. In the book, the author chronicles her insights gleaned as a zookeeper responsible for rehabilitating "bears in crisis".[1] Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson called Smiling Bears "An inspiring trip into the minds and reality of bears."[2]

Awards and honours

Smiling Bears received shortlist recognition for the 2010 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bear Smart Society, Smiling Bears Archived 17 January 2013 at archive.today, Book review. Retrieved 23 November 2012
  2. ^ Greystone Books, Smiling Bears. Retrieved 23 November 2012
  3. ^ Faculty of Arts, 13 September 2010, Shortlist announced for the 2010 Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases). Retrieved 23 November 2012
  • Else Poulsen, Home page. Retrieved 23 November 2012


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