A full color and vibrantly illustrated children's book that takes a look into the secret lives, unique habits and habitat of brown bears with ideas on how humans and bears can better coexist. Illustrated with rich and accurate details of the plants and animals that share the world with brown bears. The text format is a fun to read, rhyming poem narrated by a young girl named Lila Liverwort. Follow Lila and her little sidekick, Herman the Ermine as they delightfully guide you through the pages with universal lessons on bear-aware human behavior in urban and wild settings. Use the Naturalist Checklist at the end of the book to find over 60 different plants and animals throughout the pages. For all ages of the young and young at heart! The best children's book available to teach the appropriate behavior of humans who live around bears and to respect their big beautiful furry neighbors. The message is coexistence if we do our part. --Alaskan wilderness guide The illustrations are remarkably detailed and show real bears, not cartoony bears. Kids get a real introduction to biology and how to behave so that we can live with bears in bear country. These are lessons every Alaskan or human that lives in bear country should remember and live by! --Alaskan bear biologist The seven meter rhyming format of the text is so much fun to read. Stacy teaches the 'Hey Bear Ho Bear' song when she does in-person readings. The kids all clap and get excited about learning. They never forget that song! --Kodiak elementary teacher The author has lived in bear country for her entire adult life. She has worked in Yosemite National Park, Glacier Bay National Park and Katmai National Park and has made her home on Kodiak Island since 1980.