Polar Bear Postman

by Seigo Kijima

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Pub Date Nov 01 2017 | Archive Date Nov 30 2017

Description

Milk the polar bear is the postmaster of the forest. One day he receives a postcard addressed to him.
“PLEASE HELP!” it says.

It is from a red-crowned crane couple whose chick has gone missing.
Milk tells all his forest friends about the missing crane chick and asks for their help in finding the baby. . . . And then one day he receives another postcard addressed to him.
“Please help!” it says.

It is from a red-crowned crane couple who have found a chick.
Polar Bear Postman was inspired by a real polar bear that lives in a zoo in the Hokkaido area of Japan. With other characters based on animals native to Hokkaido, the book is a hopeful story about community, caring, and the power of the mail.

Milk the polar bear is the postmaster of the forest. One day he receives a postcard addressed to him.
“PLEASE HELP!” it says.

It is from a red-crowned crane couple...

A Note From the Publisher

Seigo Kijima was born in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, Japan. He started exhibiting his illustrations while still a student at Tokyo Design College. In 2013 he received the Japan Picture Book Awards Readers’ Prize for the first picture book he illustrated.
One day Kijima was at the zoo when he saw a polar bear walking on its hind legs. The artist imagined the bear as a postman, and the result is Polar Bear Postman—the first book he both wrote and illustrated.

Seigo Kijima was born in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, Japan. He started exhibiting his illustrations while still a student at Tokyo Design College. In 2013 he received the Japan Picture Book Awards...

Advance Praise

"It’s lots of fun watching the postal bear stamp pieces of
mail at his desk and pedal his delivery bike through small villages; delicate silhouettes of plants and flowers offer contrast." —Publishers Weekly

"Using heavy black outlines for his characters, Kijima works in a rich array of habitats, evoking them with slashes of color and whispering swipes of clouds." —Kirkus Reviews

"Inspired by the antics of a real bear . . . artist Seigo Kijima incorporates the beauty of Japanese wildlife and landscape in a charming tale of love, hope, and community." —Foreword Reviews

Available Editions

EDITION	Hardcover
ISBN	9781940842219
PRICE	$16.99 (USD)
PAGES	32

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When a red-crested crane couple’s chick goes missing, they ask Milk, the polar bear postmaster, to help find the missing chick. Polar Bear Postman is a very sweet children’s story that highlights the postal service, community, and family.