Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears

An award-winning zookeeper, author, and bear expert shares the insights she has gleaned from a career spent working with the majestic animals.

Few people have known bears as intimately as Else Poulsen has. This remarkable book reveals the many insights about bears and their emotional lives that she has gained through her years of work with them. Always approaching each bear with the same two questions in mind—"Who are you?" and "What can I do for you?" —Poulsen has shared in the joy of a po...