Ever since the grizzly was three years old she had made her own dens, always in the high ground, usually on the dark side of a mountain.

Through the seasons and over years, Old Mother Bear's journey unfolds. We watch her dig a winter den, give birth to three cubs, hunt for food, and defend her cubs against another bear. And we witness the cubs growing up, a bear growing old, and the imprint of her life upon the land. In luminous chalk paintings, three-time Caldecott Honor Book artist Molly Bang has captured all the warmth, beauty, and poetry of this extraordinary life. Includes substantial factual information on grizzly bears in an afterword.

VICTORIA MILES is the author of Magnifico and Wild Science: Amazing Encounters between Animals and the People who Study Them, as well as numerous other books and short stories for children. Victoria lives in North Vancouver, Canada, with her husband, photographer David Nunuk, and daughters Emily and Daphne. She is a great admirer of grizzly bears, spring light, and good mothers everywhere.

MOLLY BANG has written and illustrated more than twenty books, including three Caldecott Honor books: When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry...; Ten, Nine, Eight; and The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher. She is also the author-artist of The Paper Crane, winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Illustration; and Dawn, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. In addition, Ms. Bang is the author-illustrator of Picture This: How Pictures Work, a fascinating book about the power of perception. She is the illustrator of Harley, an ALA Notable Book. Born in New Jersey, she has lived in Japan, India, and Africa. She now lives in California and Massachusetts.