1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogJennifer Schultzhttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/jschultz/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MBwxaCJXPS"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2007/11/brown-bears-big-bears-beautiful-bears/">Brown Bears, Big Bears, Beautiful Bears</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2007/11/brown-bears-big-bears-beautiful-bears/embed/#?secret=MBwxaCJXPS" width="600" height="338" title="“Brown Bears, Big Bears, Beautiful Bears” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="MBwxaCJXPS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Bears are my favorite non-domestic animals.  Now, I love elephants and penguins, but bears are my #1 favorite.  I moved to the northern Virginia area not long after the birth of the National Zoo’s young male panda, Tai Shan, and quickly fell in love as I learned more about these fascinating and rare animals.  When the adorable Knut the polar bear became a media sensation, I became an admirer of those majestic and also critically endangered bears.  The 100th day naming of the San Diego giant panda cub inspired me to retool and present my bear storytime (genetic testing has linked giant pandas to bears and are classified as such, although the red pandas are not in the Ursidae family). Although it only features a bear on its first page, I had to include Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? A “sequel” of sorts to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do...https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/panda.thumbnail.jpg