The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale
A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son, until jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, forcing him to leave his home and his "mother," in a retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale.
A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son, until jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, forcing him to leave his home and his "mother," in a retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780395975671 (0395975670)
Publish date: March 29th 1999
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
A nice story about unlikely friendship and loyalty. I can't say the story spoke to me all that much, but it was nice enough and the illustrations are very sweet.