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I know a bear / Mariana Ruiz Johnson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2014]Edition: First American editionDescription: 26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0385386141 (hc)
  • 038538615X (glb)
  • 9780385386142 (hc)
  • 9780385386159 (glb)
Uniform titles:
  • J'ai un ours. English
Subject(s): Summary: Each time a girl visits a bear in a zoo, she listens to his tales of the vast and wondrous Land of the Bears, his home that he will never see again.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook Ruiz Joh Mariana Available 33111007674472
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this touching, hopeful story that reads like a modern classic, a young girl befriends a bear in the zoo. He comes from far, far away, a place he calls the Land of the Bears, where the food is sweet and the land is vast. It is a wondrous home, where the rivers are like bathtubs and naps last for months and months. But, alas, he cannot return; his new home is the zoo. And so the girl listens carefully as her friend remembers, and she imagines a world of freedom, vast and sweet.

Using a gentle tone, spare language, and gorgeous illustrations, Mariana Ruiz Johnson reminds young readers that being a good listener is what makes for a good friend.

"Originally published in France as J'ai un Ours by Éditions Gallimard Jeunesse, Paris, France, in 2011"--Title page verso.

Each time a girl visits a bear in a zoo, she listens to his tales of the vast and wondrous Land of the Bears, his home that he will never see again.

Ages 3-7.

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