Author ISBN ISBN 9781553653875 Publisher Douglas & McIntyre Genre non-fiction, book Name Smiling Bears | Publication date 5 May 2009 Role Book Country Canada Pages 272 pp. Originally published May 5, 2009 | |
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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". Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson called Smiling Bears "An inspiring trip into the minds and reality of bears."
Awards and honours
Smiling Bears received shortlist recognition for the 2010 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".
References
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