Let’s get ready to Grrrr-umble! Who will win the ultimate title of fattest brown bear in this battle of animal versus nature? Join Goldie Fox and Moose McMahon as they report live on the scene in Big Fat Bear Battle. It’s Fat Bear Week again in Katmai National Park, Alaska, and the whole forest is PLUMPed and ready to see which gorged grizzly is burly enough to take home the coveted Fat Bear Week prize. What’s Fat Bear Week, you ask? The New York Times says it best: “Ten years in, Fat Bear Week has drawn millions of viewers to a live webcam in Alaska to follow along and vote for the chonkiest brown bear at Katmai National Park.” This year’s cast of chunky challengers include Granny Grizz, Straw Beary, Hank the Tank (or is it Hank the Stank?), Miss Sowbrina, and Baby Bear, who’s mysteriously nowhere to be found. But when last year’s defending champion, Bruiser Bruin, decides to take matters into his own claws, the competition quickly goes from FUR-nomenal to FUR-ocious. Who can simmer this smackdown before this year’s Fat Bear Week contest turns into a complete GRIZZ-aster? This energetic picture book pits bears versus bears in the ultimate story of survival—kids and adults alike will be giggling at its punny humor, while also providing the STEM elements that educators and librarians. "In Alaska, everything is bigger — including the bears! We celebrate Alaska’s wild abundance in so many ways, and every summer our biggest, chubbiest bears feast on wild salmon beneath the midnight sun. Big Fat Bear Battle brings to life one of Alaska’s favorite traditions, Fat Bear Week — a celebration of salmon, seasons, and the incredible wild places that help bears grow big and strong.” —Emma Privat and Claire Neaton, Salmon Sisters (co-founders) and authors of Alaska Words: Fun and Alaska Words: Food Brooke Hartman is an Alaskan mom and author of fun books for kids, including The Littlest Airplane , Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead , and many more! Her books have received starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, been selected for Alaska’s Battle of the Books and the Redbud Read-Aloud award, and nominated for multiple best books of the year lists. When she isn’t writing, you can find her flying, fishing, fly fishing, and having fun with her family, enjoying all the magic Alaska life has to offer. Can Tuğrul is a children’s book illustrator, historical medal collector, protector of street cats, and wanderer of flea markets. He is the author and illustrator of The Most Courageous Sailor in the World , which was nominated for an Independent Press Award, as well as the illustrator of What Do Scientists Do? and The Story of Fred Rogers . He loves collecting postcards, watching science fiction movies, and exploring new places. He lives in Ayvalık, Turkey, a small seaside town overlooking the Aegean Sea, which inspires his drawings every day.