This story is about two polar bears that don't like each other but end up stranded on an iceberg together. In the end, they are able to find friendship despite their differences. ( )

This story was so funny and relatable. Two polar bears that are complete opposites from each other get stuck alone together. Karl thinks Hazel is too quiet and Hazel thinks Karl is too loud. Throughout their adventure, they ignore each other until they both spot some birds that fascinated them. I think that is when they found their common ground and started to get along. This can teach anyone that opposites attract when they finally give each other a chance. The author notes encourage the readers to try and save the North Pole's ice from melting. I think that this book is a great introduction to teach young students how they can save the polar bears' and other animals' habitat. ( )

This was a cute book about two polar bears who are opposites in personality and through unforeseen circumstances end up in close proximity and have to work together. Eventually, they become friends despite their differences. ( )

Karl and Hazel were two very different kinds of polar bear. Loud and outgoing, Karl assumed that the quiet, introverted Hazel was a bit mean because she never joined in his games, while bookish Hazel, too shy to speak up, found Karl somewhat intimidating (not to mention smelly!). But when the two bears found themselves adrift on the same iceberg, they eventually became the best of friends, developing a relationship that would endure, even when they had returned to land...

Jessica Olien's third picture-book, following upon Shark Detective! and The Blobfish Book, Adrift: An Odd Couple of Polar Bears is an engaging tale of two individuals who at first seem incompatible, but, after being forced together by circumstance, discover that they make good friends. The bright, colorful cartoon-like illustrations, complete with speech bubbles for the characters' dialogue, add to the sense of fun, and capture Karl and Hazel's evolving emotional states quite nicely. Recommended to anyone looking for children's stories about friendship, and looking beyond first impressions in figuring out who to befriend. ( )