The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguins changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

Pairs of circular shapes convey opposite relationships in the arc of a day.

"Follow a magnificent polar bear through a fantastic world of snow and shockingly blue sea. Over the ice, through the water, past Arctic animals and even a human...where is he going?"--

While hunting with his father, a young polar bear drifts out to sea and ends up in a jungle where a friendly hippototamus helps him return home.

"Dani must question everything she's worked for as she learns about the corruption of the Median government."-- At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husband's household or raise his children, but both wives are promised a live of comfort and luxury, far from the frequent political uprisings of the lower class....

A polar bear grieves over the loss of his companion, based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo.

"It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe and the Pacific. The war seemed far away from Margot in Iowa and Haruko in Coloradountil they were uprooted to dusty Texas, all because of the places their parents once called home: Germany and Japan. Haruko and Margot meet at the high school in Crystal City, a "family internment camp" for those accused of colluding with the enemy. The teens discover that they are polar opposites in so many ways,...

Three young bears of different species - one black, one polar and one grizzley - travel on a perilous quest to the Northern Lights, escorting a shape-shifting grizzly cub whose destiny will affect them all.

"A big bear and a small mouse discover all of the opposites between their animal friends" --