Polar Bear Son - An Inuit Tale

Zusatztext "A whimsical tale in which an old Eskimo-Inuit woman adopts an orphan polar bear cub that provides food for her as it grows up. When the men of the village grow jealous of the animal's superior hunting ability and decide to kill it, she sends it away. . . . Illustrated in muted pastel colors, the pictures capture this stark, yet beautiful, winter world. The clothing styles are of Greenland Inuit but the landscape could be anywhere in the Arctic. The author gives explanations about the background and her research into Inuit tales. A heartwarming selection to fill requests for multicultural picture books and/or books on this region." School Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Lydia Dabcovich is the author/illustrator of many books for children. She lives with her husband in Brookline, Massachusetts. Klappentext A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son in this retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale. When jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, he is forced to leave his home and his "mother." "The story gives a picture of motherly love toward an 'adopted child,' one the woman will love always. Heartwarming." —School Library Journal Zusammenfassung A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son in this retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale. When jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, he is forced to leave his home and his "mother." "The story gives a picture of motherly love toward an 'adopted child,' one the woman will love always. Heartwarming." — School Library Journal

Product details

• Authors: Lydia Dabcovich
• Assisted by: Lydia Dabcovich (Illustration), Dabcovich Lydia (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9780395975671
• ISBN: 978-0-395-97567-1
• No. of pages: 40
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; fairy tales;fairy tales books for children, JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Short Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Canada / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Ghost Stories *, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy / General