The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Jan Brett tackles the Inuit Culture with her latest retelling of The Three Bears. Three polar bears live in an igloo in Inuit Territory. When baby bears' soup is too hot, they go for a walk until it cools off. Meanwhile, Aloo-ki, a local girl has a problem. Her sled dogs have drifted away on an ice floe. Stuck, she wanders until she finds the igloo, she then tries the soup, the boots and the "just right" bed to take a nap in. The side illustrations Brett is known for show the bears discovering the floating dogs and bringing them back to land. All ends well when Aloo-ki reconnects with her sled dogs and is able to head for home. The illustrations are wonderful and employ traditional Inuit designs in the patterns on the parkas and other clothes the bears and Aloo-ki wear. The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2007.