The Bear Report by Thyra Heder*

Melissa Stewart, a children's nonfiction author, highly recommend this book in one of the weekly emails I received from her.
In the beginning a young girl looks totally bored with the prospect of researching and reporting about polar bears.  A polar bear appears in her family room and takes her to the Arctic.  Her attitude is transformed and she resumes her research with enthusiasm!
*Highly recommend.
Borrowed from the library.