It is the story of two polar bears who are friends, ida and gus. Her friend, gus, must figure out how to deal with idas illness and his own loneliness. The story tells of how she and gus deal with thisthey have good days and bad days. The polar bear gus, long the celebrated face of the central park zoo. Opinion gus, the lonely polar bear the new york times.
Days when they are sad and days where they are having fun. Gus, the 27yearold, 897pound male polar bear who died tuesday at the central park zoo, took his secrets to the grave. Gus polar bear gus 198520 was a 700pound 320 kg polar bear and icon of the central park zoo in new york city. Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper. Gus was a 700 lb polar bear and icon of the central park zoo in new york city. His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his. Then, almost immediately, we find that ida is sick and not herself. Some days, ida is too weak to swim or play,and sometimes. Polarpolar bear, bear, bear, polarpolar bear bear bear. On the advice of animal behaviorists, the zoo created games for. The photo manips and picture book quality are quite clever. We witness a polar bears grief and taste our own memories of love, loss and loneliness. The true story of a big city bear, and a short play, gus.
Then, hed tuck his head into the water and do it again. The odd behavior prompted a humorous book, whats worrying gus. Its a good life if you dont weaken the tragically hip official video. Whats worrying gus the true story of a big city bear. This is apt, as the main characters in the book are gus and ida, twopolar bears living in the city zoo.
The club is dedicated to preserving our hunting heritage, scoring and keeping big game records, maintaining hunter ethics, and furthering conservation education. Gusthe central park zoos polar bear, who became a symbol of the. Farewell to gus, whose issues made him a star the new. Living in an era before the internet and instant worldwide media, his name was well known in swimming circles. Gus became the biggest attraction of the new york city central park zoo.
Gus, central parks famously depressive polar bear, has died. Starfall book levels teachers should use their professional judgement of additional qualitative criteria along with reader and task considerations to determine reading level. The tragically hip gus the polar bear from central park. John boswell gus, a polar bear in new york citys central park zoo, tries to. Gus, the beloved and famously neurotic polar bear at the central park zoo in new york, has died aged 27, the wildlife conservation society said wednesday. He came to public notice in the 1990s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day. Gus the polar bear was euthanized tuesday after 25 years at the manhattan zoo.
I cant honestly think of a better book for the polar bear aficionado. This touching story is about central park zoos former polar bear, gus, as he copes with the declining health and the death of his beloved friend, ida. Gus, a polar bear at the central park zoo, swam ceaselessly. Zoo officials estimate gus the polar bear was seen by more than 20. Gus was an actual polar bear who lived in the central park zoo.
Ida, always kindle edition by caron levis, charles santoso. His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his lifetime. Whats worrying gus the true story of a big city bear by. Farewell to gus, whose issues made him a star the new york. The authors poke fun at a lot of things from taxi drivers to wall street brokers, which is very appropriate and comical even with our current economic crisis. Gus 198520 was a 700pound 320 kg polar bear and icon of the central park zoo in. Gustave gus brickner was a famous swimmer hailing from charleroi, pennsylvania in the united states.
I say if you are a lover of polar bears or enjoy humor books, this one will keep you smiling. He was also the subject of two childrens books, gus the bear, the flying cat, and the lovesick moose. Ida, always hardcover picture book, february 23, 2016. The polar bear from central park a museum after dark. Whats troubling, gus, you sound demented is it because someone talked and she told me he no longer. Set around the lives of two polar bears in the new york zoo, and a real story of these twogus and idapolar bears at that, the book traces the friendship between these sweetlooking bears. It is a tender little book about illness and death, but one that is approached with such. Gus, central parks famously depressive polar bear, has died gusthe central park zoos polar bear, who became a symbol of the stress of living in new yorkhas died. An animal psychologist was brought in to decipher just.