Smiling Bears Explained

Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears
Author:	Else Poulsen
Country:	Canada
Subject:	Animal cognition
Publisher:	Greystone Books
Pub Date:	5 May 2009
Media Type:	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages:	272 pp.
Isbn:	9781553653875

Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears is a 2009 book by Canadian writer Else Poulsen, first published by Greystone Books. In the book, the author chronicles her insights gleaned as a zookeeper responsible for rehabilitating "bears in crisis".^[1] Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson called Smiling Bears "An inspiring trip into the minds and reality of bears."^[2]

Awards and honours

Smiling Bears received shortlist recognition for the 2010 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".^[3]

See also

• List of Edna Staebler Award recipients

External links

Else Poulsen, Home page. Retrieved 23 November 2012

Notes and References

1. Bear Smart Society, Smiling Bears , Book review. Retrieved 23 November 2012
2. Greystone Books, Smiling Bears. Retrieved 23 November 2012
3. Faculty of Arts, 13 September 2010, Shortlist announced for the 2010 Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases). Retrieved 23 November 2012