Pack your teddy and your bear-proof lunchbox and join us on a thrilling international adventure to meet the world’s eight species of bears. From polar bears to giant pandas, from spectacled bears to the asiatic moon bears, find out what makes bears so amazing. But what sort of bear is your teddy? Includes a map of the world showing bear hotspots and a bear size comparison spread.

Kate Peridot is an author of both fiction and non fiction children’s books who lives in the south of France. In 2014 her story, The Elephant Carnival, won a Walker Books Animal Stories competition. She studied creative writing at The London School of Journalism. In her spare time, Kate loves to hike, swim and explore the world.