{"id":926350,"date":"2025-10-31T18:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=926350"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:18:54","slug":"im-going-to-eat-a-polar-bear-by-karl-newsom-and-nicola-kinnear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/10\/31\/im-going-to-eat-a-polar-bear-by-karl-newsom-and-nicola-kinnear\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Going to Eat a Polar Bear by Karl Newsom and Nicola Kinnear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"926351\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/10\/31\/im-going-to-eat-a-polar-bear-by-karl-newsom-and-nicola-kinnear\/polar-bear\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Polar-Bear.jpg?fit=561%2C569\" data-orig-size=\"561,569\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Polar Bear\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Polar-Bear.jpg?fit=561%2C569\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-926351\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Polar-Bear.jpg?resize=474%2C481\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Polar-Bear.jpg?w=561 561w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Polar-Bear.jpg?resize=296%2C300 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\"I\u2019m hungry! Fish are boring! I want something new. Something soft\u2026 and fluffy!\"<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meet a\u00a0<strong>little penguin<\/strong>\u00a0who is super hungry but totally\u00a0<strong>bored of eating fish<\/strong>. An older penguin recalls hearing of a\u00a0<strong>fluffy creature called a \u2018bolar pear\u2019<\/strong>, so the little penguin sets off on an\u00a0<strong>adventurous mission<\/strong>\u00a0to find and eat this \u2018mystery\u2019 creature.<\/p>\n<p>On arrival at the North Pole, the penguin\u00a0<strong>can\u2019t see a polar bear\u00a0<\/strong>anywhere and eventually turns back home, hungry as ever. Little does penguin know that an equally hungry\u00a0<strong>polar bear is following right behind<\/strong>...<\/p>\n<p>This story will have readers gleefully shouting\u00a0<strong>\u2018it\u2019s behind you!\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0as this\u00a0<strong>hilarious<\/strong>\u00a0story unfolds. The reader can follow oblivious penguin on every step of its journey as it narrowly\u00a0<strong>escapes being gobbled up<\/strong> by the polar bear.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"926352\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/10\/31\/im-going-to-eat-a-polar-bear-by-karl-newsom-and-nicola-kinnear\/2025-10-31-18-09-45\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?fit=1672%2C829\" data-orig-size=\"1672,829\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2025-10-31 18 09 45\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?fit=625%2C310\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-926352\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?resize=625%2C310\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?resize=1024%2C508 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?resize=300%2C149 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?resize=768%2C381 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?resize=1536%2C762 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?resize=960%2C476 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?w=1672 1672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-31-18-09-45.jpg?w=1250 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Karl Newson<\/strong>\u00a0is a best-selling, multi-award-winning children's book author.\u00a0Author of the award winning picture book\u00a0<em>I Am a Tiger<\/em>, the best-selling\u00a0<em>I Really Really Need a Wee<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Same But Different Too<\/em>, plus many more! His stories have been translated in 29 languages around the world. Karl grew up in Norwich, England, and was inspired to write his first story when his children were small\u2026 he\u2019s been writing stories ever since. He lives in London now, in a wonky old house full of pot plants and books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicola Kinnear<\/strong>\u00a0is an illustrator, storyteller, designer and maker from Kent. Nicola loves illustrating books for children and gravitates towards the magical and whimsical in her work, and is greatly inspired by nature and folklore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quarto.com\/Happy-Yak\"><strong>Happy Yak<\/strong><\/a> is an imprint of Quarto Books \u00a0new imprint that publishes preschool board books, playful picture books, and accessible nonfiction for kids ages zero to seven.<\/p>\n<p>A super book for the winter season, funny and with a great story, it will be a favourite for many children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sue Martin Children's Literacy Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1378\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1378\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/04\/theres-a-tiger-in-the-garden-by-lizzie-stewart\/dolphin-rt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?fit=260%2C348\" data-orig-size=\"260,348\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dolphin Book Blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Part of Books Go Walkabout, Stories across the world.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?fit=260%2C348\" class=\" wp-image-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?resize=189%2C253\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?w=260 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dolphin-rt.jpg?resize=224%2C300 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of Books Go Walkabout, Stories across the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"I\u2019m hungry! Fish are boring! I want something new. Something soft\u2026 and fluffy!\" Meet a\u00a0little penguin\u00a0who is super hungry but totally\u00a0bored of eating fish. An older penguin recalls hearing of a\u00a0fluffy creature called a \u2018bolar pear\u2019, so the little penguin sets off on an\u00a0adventurous mission\u00a0to find and eat this \u2018mystery\u2019 creature. On arrival at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/10\/31\/im-going-to-eat-a-polar-bear-by-karl-newsom-and-nicola-kinnear\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"I&#8217;m Going to Eat a Polar Bear by Karl Newsom and Nicola Kinnear\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-926350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dolphinbooksellers","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry","9":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqnT3-3SZ8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":926353,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926350\/revisions\/926353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}