TY  - BOOK
AU  - Velasquez,Eric
TI  - The polar bear and the ballerina
SN  - 9780823449187
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Holiday House
KW  - African American ballerinas
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Ballerinas
KW  - Polar bear
KW  - Lost articles
KW  - Human-animal relationships
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Polar bears
KW  - Lost and found possessions
KW  - Wordless picture books
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Picture books
N1  - Some folded pages; "... published simultaneously in Spanish as El oso polar y la bailarina"--Page facing title page; 04-08; P-03
N2  - "When dancers have a photoshoot at the Central Park Zoo, a young, African American ballerina and a polar bear form a special friendship. When his new friend leaves her scarf behind, the polar bear must venture through Central Park and out into Manhattan to return it before her performance at the Lincoln Center. However, the theater goers eye the strange bear with suspicion. When the ushers won't let him inside, the ballerina comes to his rescue and welcomes him in. The polar bear has dreamed of seeing the ballet, and now he gets to be a part of it in the most surprising way."--Provided by publisher
ER  -