The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale
Lydia Dabcovich
40 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0395975670
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Language: English
Publish: March 29, 1999
AnimalsChildrensFamilyFantasyFolk TalesGeographyLoveMythologyPicture BooksTeaching
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