Sister Bear
A Norse Tale
Amazon Publishing · Print & ebook · January 5, 2012
There was a young girl named Halva up in Finnmark who found a white bear cub alone in the woods...Halva takes the cub home, where they name her Sister Bear.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, playful folk tale pairing an adventurous journey with the delight of a dancing bear.
- Genres
- Bear Stories, Norse Myths, Country & Ethnic Folktales
- Published
- Amazon Publishing, January 5, 2012
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There was a young girl named Halva up in Finnmark who found a white bear cub alone in the woods...Halva takes the cub home, where they name her Sister Bear. Not only does Sister Bear hunt for the family and protect Halva, but she likes to dance while Halva plays the flute. Halva decides to show off Sister Bear to the king of Denmark.
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But on their journey, they run into trouble with some big, ugly, hungry trolls, and Halva learns just how lucky she is to have a loving friend like Sister Bear. Author Jane Yolen, often called “the Hans Christian Anderson of America” for her work in fairy tales, is perfectly matched with illustrator Linda Graves, whose richly detailed art is rendered in pastel, colored pencil, and watercolor.
Bear and Tale
A warm, playful folk tale pairing an adventurous journey with the delight of a dancing bear.
Come here for
- A Norse folktale with a bear who hunts, protects, and dances
- A friendship that meets trolls along the way
Expect
- Accessible storytelling with a fairy-tale feel
- Richly detailed pastel, colored-pencil, and watercolor art
Where it sits
| Bear Stories | 53% |
|---|---|
| Norse Myths | 31% |
| Country & Ethnic Folktales | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids' Fiction
- Norse Myths
- Authors
- Jane Yolen, Linda Graves
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Published
- January 5, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Kids' Fiction