the polar bear's people will call the publisher's people

Reports PW Daily:

Turtle Pond Publications, an entertainment and media company, and the Berlin Zoo in Germany have signed an agreement for publishing rights to Knut, the baby polar bear who was rejected by his mother at birth and is being raised by zookeeper Thomas Dorflein. Turtle Pond is owned by Craig Hatkoff, co-author of the Owen and Mzee books; like his previous books, Scholastic will publish Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World in fall 2007. Hatkoff will co-write the book with his daughters Juliana and Isabella, in cooperation with the Berlin Zoo.