A Bear in War

During World War One, a young girl slips her teddy bear into a care package for her father, a medic posted to the trenches of France. Although her father dies in the battle of Passchendaele, his belongings are shipped back to his family, along with the toy bear, which today sits in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Info autore

Stephanie Innes coauthored A Bear in War and Bear on the Homefront using her great-aunt Aileen Rogers' wartime journal, photographs, hundreds of letters, and a stuffed bear named Teddy. A beloved true story that introduces young readers to war gently, A Bear in War was an OLA Silver Birch Express Honour Book and a Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award finalist. Stephanie lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she is the senior medical reporter for the Arizona Daily Star.

Riassunto

During World War One, a young girl slips her teddy bear into a care package for her father, a medic posted to the trenches of France. Although her father dies in the battle of Passchendaele, his belongings are shipped back to his family, along with the toy bear, which today sits in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Prefazione

3,000 copy print run; featured at ILA, AASL, NAEYC, NCTE, NCSS, and other conferences with the Publisher Spotlight booth; pitch to major review media, including The New York Times Book Review, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, The Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, and Foreword Reviews; targeted advertising campaign in major US journals; tar¬geted marketing to major review centers, influential bloggers, and major library system selectors; classroom teaching guide; social media promotion (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google+); E-newsletter promotionPublisher

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Harry Endrulat, Stephanie Innes
• Con la collaborazione di: Brian Deines (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 6 a 10 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781772780864
• ISBN: 978-1-77278-086-4
• Pagine: 40
• Illustrazioni: Full-color illustrations throughout
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Arte, musica; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational, HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), HISTORY / Military / Canada, Father and child., Teddy bears., Soldiers -- Canada -- Juvenile literature., Soldiers, Canada., Father and child -- Juvenile literature., World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile literature., Teddy bears -- Juvenile literature., World War 1914-1918.