Big Bear, Little Brother
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Big Bear, Little Brother
On the ice, the wind is blowing gently. Big Bear has stopped running. How wonderful it is to be still . . . to close his eyes . . . to dream But the stillness is broken when Big Bear hears a cry and opens his eyes to see a child tumbling from the sky. Carl Norac's delicately woven tale of the touching friendship between a young boy and a solitary polar bear is accompanied...more
Hardcover, 30 pages
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by MacMillan Children's Books
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I was drawn to this book as the illustrations by Kristin Oftedal are mainly in greyscale and pencil drawings and they are so fulfilling.
The use of similes such as 'A child was tumbling through the sky, just like a snowflake' really capture ones imagination and the whole book is written using excellent vocabulary.
The message is about differences and how they add character to our relationships. There is such a gorgeous illustration where the little boy Milik and the Polar Bear ...more
The use of similes such as 'A child was tumbling through the sky, just like a snowflake' really capture ones imagination and the whole book is written using excellent vocabulary.
The message is about differences and how they add character to our relationships. There is such a gorgeous illustration where the little boy Milik and the Polar Bear ...more
A powerful story about man and nature and the nature of mankind: love of fellow man, love of Nature and an inferred plea for the plight of our planet, should we not heed the signs of global warming.
Has had the whole Prep School, from Reception to Year 6, enraptured when read aloud. An outstanding set of sketchbook style illustrations add power, warmth and compassion to this story set in the cold and harsh Arctic climate.
Shortlisted for the 2011 Kate Greenaway Medal.
Has had the whole Prep School, from Reception to Year 6, enraptured when read aloud. An outstanding set of sketchbook style illustrations add power, warmth and compassion to this story set in the cold and harsh Arctic climate.
Shortlisted for the 2011 Kate Greenaway Medal.
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Carl Norac was born in Mons, Belgium, in 1960, the son of a writer and an actress. His early years were spent on a city housing estate, surrounded by playmates with whom he would act out Enid Blyton’s tales of adventure. His father later built a chalet and the family left the city to live in the middle of a forest. The importance of nature in his books comes from these years spent wandering among ...more
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