Flossy Albright's The Last Polar Bear

The Last Polar Bears is written as letters which create a humorous narrative which immerses the reader in Grandfather’s world. Nevertheless there are few facts, and some of the information given can mislead the reader. An example of this is “we sailed past a penguin colony,” because penguins are not native to the North Pole. My idea also relies on the immersion of the reader however it depends on the accuracy of the information. This text was also written in 1993 so mine is a more contemporary example.

Polar Bear Why is your world melting?, much like my idea, relies on fact and looks at how the habitat of the polar bear is disappearing. However in this book, the writing is impaired by its accuracy and the narrative does not read well. My focus is to find a balance between fact and description such as we can see in Ice Bear, though my diary is for an older audience. Ice Bear is also structured to follow the journey of a polar bear, leaving sensitive subjects such as hunting seals till the second half of the book so that the reader has time to understand why such things happen.

The font of the writing mimics handwriting, which makes the text more personal. The book is also colourful and includes photographs and illustrations which, in my diary, make the Artic and polar bears more comprehensible to younger children because they can see it. The tangibility of the pop ups and the activities also makes the text engaging.

Science World: Mixed-Up Species is one of few texts for children that discuss the concept of animal hybridism, but does so in a purely factual manor and is limited to a few pages. It addresses the question ‘what happens when members of two different species mate?’ whereas my diary’s focus is on why they mate and not the aftermath in a more detailed and descriptive