Paired Reading: Bears - Brown Bear Starts School/Grizzly Bear

Fiction: On his first day of school, Brown Bear is worried--until he realizes that he knows what to do. Brown Bear is nervous. Today is his very first day of school. What if his classmates don't like him? What if he can't hear the teacher? What if he doesn't have the right clothes? His mother does her best to reassure him but it isn't until Brown Bear learns that he can do things for himself that he relaxes and helps his friends, too.
Nonfiction: Did you know that grizzly bears are omnivores? This means that they eat both plants and animals. Discover these and other interesting facts in Grizzly Bear.