In language that is kid friendly and based on the best available science, Lions, Tigers, and Bears introduces young readers to some tough environmental issues. Young reviewers say this book is "Awesome". Some of them say Ron handed them too much information. But hey, we're going to need a highly informed group of young scientists to turn these problems around.

Here are some thoughts and reviews by kids:

Spectacular photographs of grizzly bears are paired with field sketches to bring the reader face to face with the largest of land predators. Thomas Mangelsen's images include never-before-seen photos of the bears taking down elk and sensitive portraits of females with their cubs. Deborah Cooper's soft touches help illustrate "scraps of paper" dropped on to the main pages as if written in the rush of a moment while tracking the great bears. Both Ron and Tom have spent many hours following and studying grizzlies and call for us to become more aware of their wilderness home.

Ron and Tom live on opposite sides of the Rocky Mountains but prowl much of the same landscape. Their love for grizzlies and many years of searching for them are presented to the reader in spectacular photos and the personal field journals Ron has kept since his first encounter with a grizzly on the banks of Slough Creek in Yellowstone National Park. This is a book to share while visiting the park, using it as a guide to the natural history and ecology of the Greater Yellowstone region as much as a guide to finding bears. Please observe all park regulations regarding safe travel within grizzly country, respecting the safety of you and your family as well as the safety of the bears and their ever shrinking world.

Searching for Grizzlies Review by Science Books and Films Magazine≠ July/August 2006:

"Early childhood readers enjoy a profusion of books on bears, such as the Father Bear series, the Care Bears, and even the Three Bears. Here is a book for young children in which the description of bear safaris, together with superb nature photography, closes the reality gap. The photos are chronologically arranged by life cycle, with descriptions starting with a picture captioned "Crawling out of her hibernation den, a bear sniffs the air in search of many kinds of foods..." She is accompanied by two cubs. References to the bears' food chain connect the pictures, such as 'Grizzlies feast on trout that ate the stonefly that swallowed the mayfly that chomped on the caddis that shredded the leaf that fell from a tree growing on the bank of the river.' This is a good read-aloud book to introduce young children to nonfictional bears."